FOIA Annual Report Workbook
2022-03-02
FOIA Annual Report
CIACentral Intelligence Agency202150 U.S.C. § 3507 (formerly at 50 U.S.C. § 403g) Intelligence sources and methods; certain information pertaining to Agency employees, specifically: “the organization, functions, names, official titles, salaries, or numbers of personnel employed by the Agency”Assassination Archives & Rsch. Ctr. v. CIA, No. 18-5280, 2019 WL 691517 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 15, 2019) (per curiam); ACLU v. DOJ, 681 F.3d 61, 72-75 (2d Cir. 2012); Berman v. CIA, 501 F.3d 1136, 1137-38, 1140 (9th Cir. 2007); Makky v. Chertoff, 489 F. Supp. 2d 421, 442 (D.N.J. 2007), aff’d on other grounds, 541 F. 3d 205 (3d Cir. 2008).10 U.S.C § 424Organization or any function of an organization, and certain information pertaining to, employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the National Geospatial Intelligence AgencyHamdan v. DOJ, 797 F.3d 759, 776 (9th Cir. 2015); Freedom Watch, Inc. v. NSA, 197 F. Supp. 3d 165, 174 (D.D.C. 2016); Wickwire Gavin, P.C. v. Def. Intel. Agency, 330 F. Supp. 2d 592, 602 (E.D. Va. 2004).50 U.S.C. § 3024(i)(1) (formerly at 50 U.S.C. § 403-1(i)(1))Intelligence Sources and MethodsCIA v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159, 167 (1985).10 U.S.C. § 130(a)Certain “technical data with military or space application in the possession of, or under the control of, the Department of Defense.”Newport Aeronautical Sales v. Dept. of the Air Force, 684 F.3d 160, 168 (D.C. Cir., 2012); Chenkin v. Dept. of the Army, No. 93-494, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20907, at *8 (E.D. Pa. Jan 14, 1994), aff’d, 61 F.3d 894 (3d. Cir. 1995) (unpublished table decision).163116318816301630222895283728702862After reviewing its database, CIA adjusted the number of requests pending as of the start of the Fiscal Year.1603601275NoRecords309Referred21Withdrawn7NotDescribed20ImproperRequest599NotAgency2Duplicate60Other572870Litigation 50Unable to Locate or Contact Requester 757Ex. 11575Ex. 26Ex. 31631Ex. 45Ex. 535Ex. 6184Ex. 7(A)1Ex. 7(B)1Ex. 7(C)6Ex. 7(D)10Ex. 7(E)23Ex. 7(F)1318230109439After reviewing its databases, CIA adjusted the number of appeals pending as of the start of the Fiscal Year.376264109Ex. 130Ex. 332Ex. 52Ex. 64Withdrawn1ImproperRequest1NotAgency1InLitigation61ExpeditedDenial2N/A00LT1258.66LT123162007-04-1636292011-01-0624432012-11-1922242013-04-1021272013-07-1920572013-09-2520102013-09-2520102013-09-2520102013-09-2520102013-09-25201056.52LT167134281.0562506292360.2911197045.71LT12728751462506291231.331112921-2060221-40241-60161-80281-1000101-1200121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2000201-3000301-4000401+06071-201921-4018941-609961-8015581-100122101-120117121-140103141-16093161-18055181-20063201-300170301-40078401+30415671-20021-40041-60061-80081-1000101-1201121-1400141-1600161-1800181-2001201-3003301-4001401+17199286533.172656454579.377245254.432009-01-2831812009-04-1531272009-01-2830792010-11-0327192011-01-1426882011-01-2026852011-04-1326272011-04-2026222011-05-0326132011-05-03261343012.2030221332722.0049.005169493.001033078.006202571.00330.600.0100000CIA did not post any FOIA requests to its website in Fiscal Year 2021, however plans are in place to resume posting during Fiscal Year 2022. CIA strives to release FOIA records proactively if they are of public interest and there are no other issues that would negate posting to the CIA website (https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/), which alleviates some of the need for tracking material requested three or more times. However, to identify such records, we rely on FOIA requester logs, identifying cases or documents that have been previously reviewed when they are requested in new cases, prior posted versions of records in the electronic reading room, and identifying popular topics where the same records will be responsive for multiple requests.2652418494275583186After reviewing its database, CIA adjusted the number of consultations received from other agencies pending at the start of the Fiscal Year.2015-11-2514672015-12-2214492016-06-2213232016-08-3012752016-10-0312522016-11-0312302016-11-0812272017-02-1611602017-03-0211512017-03-131144289628372622287027362652178230113109315418