Dept. of Justice FOIA Exemptions
|
12.6 Use Rate |
2,195.0 Total claims |
17,400 Denials |
The Dept. of Justice used b(3) exemptions to withhold information from FOIA requesters 17,400 times in 2008-2009.
Category
| Statute | Description | Claims |
|---|---|---|
| FRCP 6(e) | Grand Jury Information | 1,109.0 |
| 18 USC 923 Note | Information required to be maintained by Federal Firearms Licensees and information maintained in the ATF Firearms Tracing Systems | 248.0 |
| 50 USC 403g | Intelligence Sources and Methods | 168.0 |
| 50 USC 403-1(i) | Intelligence Sources and Methods | 159.0 |
| 18 USC 2517 | Wiretap information | 158.0 |
| 26 USC 6103 | Tax return information | 137.0 |
| 5 USC App 107(a)(2) | Financial disclosure information pertaining to certain government employees | 89.0 |
| 18 USC 3521 | Witness security information | 22.0 |
| 50 USC 402 Note | NSA Functions and Information | 16.0 |
| 18 USC 5038 | Juvenile arrest records | 15.0 |
| 18 USC 3123 | Pen registers; pen register orders | 14.0 |
| 18 USC 798(a) | Communications Intelligence | 10.0 |
| 15 USC 1314(g) | Documentary material, answers to written interrogatories, or transcripts of oral depositions submitted in response to a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) | 8.0 |
| 18 USC 3153(c)(1) | Information regarding pre-trial services | 8.0 |
| 15 USC 18a(h) | Information submitted in connection with the premerger notification provisions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 | 7.0 |
| 41 USC 253b(m) | Proposals submitted by unsuccessful contract bidders | 4.0 |
| 18 USC 3509 | Pornography | 2.0 |
| 31 USC 3730(b)(2) | Records pertaining to financial false claims | 2.0 |
| 42 USC 2000e-5(b) | Information pertaining to unlawful employment practices | 2.0 |
| 42 USC 2000g-2(b) | CRS confidentiality information | 2.0 |
| 42 USC 3789g | Data received by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and used only for statistical or research purposes | 2.0 |
| 15 USC 4305(d) | Information submitted under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 | 2.0 |
| 8 USC 1158 | Records pertaining to asylum and withholding of removal | 1.0 |
| 22 USC 1644 | Records pertaining to certain claims against the German Democratic Republic | 1.0 |
| 28 USC 652(d) | Documents filed under seal and confidential mediation documents | 1.0 |
| 31 USC 5311-5331 | Records and reports on monetary instruments transactions | 1.0 |
| 41 USC 423(a) | Contractor bid or proposal information or evaluations | 1.0 |
| 42 USC 300aa-12(d)(4)(A) | Medical records presented to a Special Master in National Vaccine Injury Compensation court proceedings | 1.0 |
| FRCP 32 | Presentence and judgment information | 1.0 |
| 10 USC 130b | Information concerning personnel in overseas sensitive units or routinely deployable units | 1.0 |
| 10 USC 424 | Organizational and Personnel Information for DIA, NRO, and NGA | 1.0 |
| 26 USC 7213 | Federal income tax records | 1.0 |
| 49 USC 114(s) | Nondisclosure of security activities | 1.0 |