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Freedom of Information Act Annual Reports - Fiscal Year 2008

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Justice
Sub-Agency
Category	Information and Communications
Date Released	The various datasets were made available on a rolling basis beginning 1/16/2009 and ending approximately 4/1/2009
Date Updated	Throughout early 2009
Time Period	10/1/07 - 9/30/08
Frequency	annual
Description	Data pertaining to federal departments' and agencies' Freedom of Information Act requests and appeals

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	request, appeal, consultation, processed, pending, median, average, backlog, exemption, simple, complex, expedited, component, perfected, grant, release, denial
Unique ID	1195

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Freedom of Information Act Annual Reports - Fiscal Year 2008
Agency Program Page	http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/oip.html
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.justice.gov/oip/fy08.html

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	agency overall, and individual agency components
Granularity
Geographic Coverage	National

Data Description

Collection Mode	computer, paper, phone
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/guidance-annualreport-052008.pdf
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/guidance-annualreport-052008.pdf

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/guidance-annualreport-052008.pdf
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Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology
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Disclosure avoidance
Questionnaire design
Series breaks
Non-response adjustment
Seasonal adjustment
Statistical Characteristics

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