FOIA Annual Report Workbook2018-12-16FOIA Annual ReportSSASocial Security Administration20187Records relating to substance abuse42 U.S.C. Section 7290dd-2Public Law 100-71 Section 503 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1987Federal Employee Drug Testing and Results InformationPub. L. 100-71, 101 Stat. 391, 468-471, codified at 5 U.S.C. Section 7301 note (1987)26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105 (Internal Revenue Code)Certain tax information, to include Taxpayeer Identification Numbers, numbers of third parties, and certain tax convention informationChurch of Scientology v. IRS, 484 U.S. 9, 15 (1987) (26 U.S.C. § 6103); Leonard v. U.S. Dep’t of Treasury, 590 F. App’x. 141, 143-44 (3d Cir. 2014) (per curiam); Pac. Fisheries, Inc. v. IRS, 395 F. App’x. 438, 440 (9th Cir. 2010) (unpublished disposition) (26 U.S.C. §§ 6103, 6105); Tax Analysts v. IRS, 217 F. Supp. 2d 23, 27-29 (D.D.C. 2002) (26 U.S.C. § 6105).42 U.S.C. § 405(r) (Social Security Act)Death certificates and records pertaining to deaths provided to the Commissioner of Social Security under this subsectionInt'l Diatomite Producers Ass'n v. SSA, No. 92-1634, 1993 WL 137286, at 3*(N.D. Cal. Apr. 28, 1993) appeal dismissed per stipulation, No. 93-16204 (9th Cir. Oct. 27, 1993)41 U.S.C. § 4702 (formerly at 41 U.S.C. § 253b(m)(1))Contractor proposals that are in the possession or control of an executive agency and that have not been set forth or incirporated by reference into contractsSinkfield V. HUD, No. 10-885, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35233, at *13-15 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 15, 2012); Margolinv. NASA, No. 09-CV-00421, 2011 WL 1303221, at *6 (D. Nev. Mar 31, 2011); Hornbostel v. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 305 F. Supp. 2d, 21, 30 (D.D.C. 2003), summary affirmance granted, No. 03-5257, 2004 WL 1900562 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 25, 2004)217247281642716631524During the fiscal year we developed a method to correctly separate FOIA cases from Privacy Act cases. Therefore, our number received and processed has decreased accordingly.110293083814NoRecords630Referred22Withdrawn37FeeRelated459NotDescribed189ImproperRequest56NotAgency34Duplicate107Other17116631Directed requester to local office for access to records under the Privacy Act171171Ex. 217Ex. 316Ex. 49Ex. 536Ex. 62217Ex. 7(A)8Ex. 7(C)20Ex. 7(D)2Ex. 7(E)3615507477457981127190477Ex. 51Ex. 6107NoRecords106Referred5Withdrawn3FeeRelated13NotDescribed3ImproperRequest7Duplicate47InLitigation1Other5Directed requester to local office for access to records under the Privacy Act551120LT11842017-10-312392018-02-151622018-04-121222018-05-071042018-05-30882018-05-31872018-05-31872018-06-06832018-07-18532018-07-234958LT1286691081910434749457LT12861171526910756725941-201502221-4073341-6011261-805381-10027101-12021121-14012141-1606161-1807181-2008201-30014301-4001401+0160161-206121-406441-604261-802681-10025101-12022121-14023141-16016161-18016181-20017201-30027301-40012401+113621-20221-40241-60061-80381-1001101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+084075161169410511141142016-12-224622016-12-224622017-10-022592017-10-302392017-10-302392017-11-092322017-11-222232017-11-282192017-11-292182017-12-0421457947671312669336393367845.8357877.323425723.15291314.50.0865045014917022021560164272161916631Our old tracking system did not have the capability to separate FOIA requests from Privacy Act (PA) requests. As a result the FY2017 numbers contained both types in the total count. We have now transitioned to our new system and we developed a way to separate the PA requests out partway through FY2018. Some of our cases were still processed in the old system, so there may still be a few PA requetss in this years's count.169149211507238477Due to our transition to a new tracking system in May 2017, certain appeals based on cases from our old system were inadvertantly tracked as requests rather than appeals in the new system. Accordingly, our appeals counts were lower than expected in Fiscal Year 2017. We developed a method to track these appeals correctly in Fiscal Year 2018.817Due to the transition to a new tracking system in May 2017, certain appeals based on cases from our old system were inadvertently tracked as requests ratehr than appeals in the new system. Accordingly, our appeals counts were lower than expected for Fiscal Year 2017. We have developed a method to track these appeals correctly for Fiscal Year 2018.