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| 1 | FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION | ||||||||
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| 4 | IV. EXEMPTION 3 STATUTES | ||||||||
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| 6 | A. Exemption 3 Statutes Relied upon to Withhold Information | ||||||||
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| 8 | Pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6103, SSA withholds tax information, such as third-party addresses and employer’s names and addresses in situations | ||||||||
| 9 | to which section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code applies. | ||||||||
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| 11 | We applied Exemption 3 a total of 61 times for this reporting period. | ||||||||
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| 14 | Statute | Type of | Case Citation | Number of | Total Number | ||||
| 15 | Information | Times Relied | of Times Relied | ||||||
| 16 | C. (3) Reasons for Denial on Appeal – “Other” Reasons from Section VI, C (2) Chart | ||||||||
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| 19 | Description of “Other” Reasons for Denial on | TOTAL | |||||||
| 20 | Appeal from Chart C (2) & Number of Times | 0 | |||||||
| 21 | Those Reasons Were Relied upon | ||||||||
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| 28 | VIII. REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED PROCESSING AND REQUESTS FOR FEE WAIVER | ||||||||
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| 30 | A. Requests for Expedited Processing | ||||||||
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| 32 | Number Granted | Number Denied | Median Number of Days to Adjudicate | Average Number of Days to Adjudicate | Number Adjudicated Within Ten Calendar Days | ||||
| 33 | AGENCY OVERALL | 0 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 42 | |||
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| 36 | B. Requests for Fee Waiver | ||||||||
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| 39 | Number Granted | Number Denied | Median Number of Days to Adjudicate | Average Number of Days to Adjudicate | |||||
| 40 | AGENCY OVERALL | 38 | 52 9 | 29 | 40 | ||||
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| 44 | 9 We review requests for fee waivers on a case-by-case basis. Only the SSA FOI Officer may waive or reduce a fee (in excess | ||||||||
| 45 | of $7.50). We usually grant a fee waiver when it has been determined that furnishing the information will primarily benefit the | ||||||||
| 46 | general public. We normally grant fee waivers from members of the media and educational and scientific institutions when | ||||||||
| 47 | there is limited search time or duplication involved with the request. | ||||||||
| 48 | helped cause the growth in our backlog. | ||||||||
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