LETTER TO DARRELL ISSA FROM WILLIAM C. DANVERS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06741350
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: October 8, 2020
• Case Number: F-2012-00922
• Publication Date: February 18, 2011

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
18 February 2011
The Honorable Darrell Issa
Chairman
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Chairman Issa:
On 25 January 2011 you asked the Central Intelligence
Agency's (CIA's) Information and Privacy Coordinator for
information about the Agency's Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) program. We appreciate your interest in our efforts
to-keep Americans informed about the workings of their
government.
We are pleased to enclose paper copies and electronic
versions of the Agency's FOIA logs for the past five years
(Tab A). The logs show the date we opened the case, the
subject of the request, and the assigned tracking number.
This number permits us to ensure that we process cases as
efficiently as possible. Also, although not an issue in
release to a Congressional oversight committee, please note
that we have not reviewed and sanitized for public release_
the enclosed logs to address any privacy interests of
identified third-party individuals who were the subjects of
FOIA requests to the CIA.
We are also pleased to enclose a dopy of our FY 2010
FOIA Annual Report, available electronically to the public,
in lieu of items two and three (Tab B). Please note. that -
CIA has approximately 1,300 pending initial-level FOIA
cases. We estimate that the correspondence for these open
FOIA cases total in excess of 20,000 pages. The review and
sanitization of such a large volume of records would
exclusively occupy the time of our limited number of review
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The Honorable.Darrell Issa
and release professionals. These officers diligently
answer incoming FOIA requests, review appeals,- and work
hard to reduce the backlog, which, according, to the
Administration's Open Government Directive, we should
reduce by 10 percent.- We are committed to meeting that
goal. These same officers, however, also must review
documents for litigation, answer Privacy Act requests and
appeals, and answer requests for mandatory declassification
review under Executive Order 13526.
Regarding items four and five of your letter, we
enclose a list of the five FOIA-related litigation cases
that during the past five years resulted in CIA paying
attorneys' fees and other litigation costs (Tab C). In two
of these cases CIA expressly was required by court order to
pay (copies of orders enclosed, Tab .D); in another case,
CIA paid fees and costs in accordance with a court-approved
settlement entered into after a ruling by the Court (copy
of relevant order enclosed, Tab E). In the two other cases
CIA paid 'costs and fees as a result of operation of law.
We are proud that our ongoing review and release
activities fully comply with the law and Administration
policy. They underscore our firm commitment to releasing
all the information we can while ensuring that we continue
to protect sensitive national security information. �
Sincerely,
William C. Danvers
Director of Congressional Affairs
Enclosures
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