LETTER TO THE HONORABLE THOMAS P. O'NEILL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82M00345R000700050037-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2005
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: March 1, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
1 March 1977
The Honorable Thomas P. O'Neill
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Speaker:
Submitted herewith, pursuant to the provisions of 5
U.S.C. 552(d), is the report from the Central Intelligence
Agency concerning its administration of the Freedom of Infor-
mation Act during calendar year 1976.
During the past year, 3,490 requests for records were
logged and put into processing by the Agency, of which 761
were submitted under the Freedom of Information Act. An
additional 1,002 requests were received during 1976 but not
formally processed pending receipt of additional information
from the requesters. These 1,002 letters of request were,
without exception, requests for access to personal records,
which, under CIA regulations, are now processed under the
provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 rather than the Freedom
of Information Act. A summary of Agency activity in this
regard, including Privacy Act and Executive Order 11652 requests
as well as Freedom of Information requests, is provided in the
statistical table below. You will note that the overall
processing backlog was reduced by 323 cases during the year.
FOIA PA
1. Requests carried
over from CY 1975 1,130 356 68
2. Requests logged
during CY 1976
3. Total final re-
sponses during CY
761 2,356 373
1976 1,355 2,114
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