Annual FOIA Reports 08 - Social Security Administration

Annual FOIA Reports 08 - Social Security Administration cdoran 068213 2010-01-14T19:32:16Z 2009-11-12T19:34:33Z 2010-01-15T16:53:44Z JMD 11.9999 <_AdHocReviewCycleID dt:dt="float">-599347920 <_NewReviewCycle dt:dt="string"> <_EmailSubject dt:dt="string">WS: RE: GWSM13416/12032009/FW: Federal Agency 2008 Annual Reports in Excel format <_AuthorEmail dt:dt="string">Cori.Ferraro@SMOJMD.USDOJ.gov <_AuthorEmailDisplayName dt:dt="string">Ferraro, Cori <_ReviewingToolsShownOnce dt:dt="string"> 8445 11355 480 15 987 False False FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES A. Exemption 3 Statutes Relied upon to Withhold Information Statute Type of Case Citation Number of Total Number Information Times Relied of Times Relied Withheld upon per upon by Agency Component 26 U.S.C. 6103 Tax information, such as third- party addresses"and employer’s names and addresses" Church of Scientology v. IRS, 484 U.S. 9, 15 (1987)(finding that IRS lawfully exercised discretion to withhold street addresses pursuant to 26 U.S.C. section 6103(m)(1)); 80¹ 80 Aaron v. IRS, 973 F.2d 962, 964-65 (1st Cir. 1992) (finding that IRS lawfully exercised discretion to withhold street addresses pursuant to 26 U.S.C. section 6103(m)(1)); and, Long v. IRS, 891 F. 2d 222, 224 (9th Cir. 1989) (holding that deletion of taxpayer’s identification does not alter confidentiality of section 6103 information). The United States Supreme Court and most appellate courts that have considered the withholding of tax return information have held either explicitly or implicitly that section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code satisfies subpart (B) of exemption 3. 41 U.S.C. 423 Source selection information and independent government estimates for projests which have not yet been awarded Legal & Safety Employer Research, Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of the Army, No. Civ. S001748, 2001 WL 34098652, at *3-4 (E.D. Cal. May 4, 2001) (dictum), (finding that the court is satisfied that 41 U.S.C. 423 is a nondisclosure statute under exemption 3, subsection B). 1 1 ^[1] This total includes the total number of times we applied Exemption 3 for initial requests and appeals.