FOIA Annual Report Workbook2014-11-18FOIA Annual ReportPCLOBPrivacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board201450 U.S.C. ยง 402 note
(National Security Agency Act of 1959)Information pertaining to the functions or organization of NSA; certain information pertaining to NSA employeesACLU v. DOJ, 681 F.3d 61, 72-75 (2d Cir. 2012); Elec. Priv. Info. Ctr. v. NSA, 678 F.3d 926, 931 (D.C. Cir. 2012); Houghton v. NSA, 378 F. App'x 235, 238-39 (3d Cir. 2010) (per curiam); Lahr v. NTSB, 569 F.3d 964, 985 (9th Cir. 2009); Larson v. Dep't of State, 565 F.3d 857, 868-69 (D.C. Cir. 2009); Founding Church of Scientology v. NSA, 610 F.2d 824, 827-28 (D.C. Cir. 1979); Roman v. NSA, No. 07-CV-4502, 2009 WL 303686, at *5-6 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 9, 2009), summary affirmance granted, 354 F. App'x. 591 (2d Cir. 2009).10761030NoRecords1Withdrawn26N/A00N/AEx. 11Ex. 31Ex. 52Ex. 62Ex. 7(C)10422Under number of appeals processed in fiscal year, it should be noted that one appeal was actually withdrawn. The two pending appeals were processed October 3, 2014.10012The appeal was closed for "other reasons" because it was withdrawn by the requester.There was one appeal of a denial based on exemption 5, but the appeal was withdrawn by the requestor before the appeal was ruled on.NoRecords1N/A0011.516.510132014-08-19302014-09-1510The outstanding administrative appeals were processed on October 3, 2014.12.513121330301663With respect to the response time for complex processed perfected requests, it is agency practice to contact the requester to clarify and perfect a request. Additionally, the requester agreed to an additional 30 day extension for the 44-days entry.14141414303016441-20221-40041-60061-80081-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+021-20121-40041-60161-80081-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+02As noted previously, the requester approved a 30-day extension for the request that was processed in 41-60 days.1-20021-40041-60061-80081-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+0011611610000000011980009800The number of equivalent full-time FOIA employees is less than 1.00.000012The two backlogged appeals were completed on October 3, 2014.00000706This is the first Annual FOIA report filed by the PCLOB. The PCLOB was exempt from filing a report for fiscal year 2013.01This is the first Annual FOIA report filed by the PCLOB. The PCLOB was exempt from filing a report for fiscal year 2013.0402This is the first Annual FOIA report filed by PCLOB. PCLOB was exempt from filing a report for fiscal year 2013.02This is the first Annual FOIA report filed by PCLOB. PCLOB was excempt from filing a report for fiscal year 2013. The two backlogged appeals were completed on October 3, 2014.