Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)

Fiscal Year 2020, 4th Quarter Performance (Jul 2020 – Sep  2020)

Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) Dispute Resolution Case Metrics

Summary Expectations
The total number of requests for OGIS assistance—both written and phone—increased by 12 percent this quarter. Although the OGIS staff is teleworking full time as a result of COVID-19, we continued to  reduce our backlog this quarter, closing the gap by 37  percent We expect to continue to reduce our backlog, building on the new efficiencies we have introduced into our processes.

OGIS Caseload

Cases

FY20 Q3

FY20 Q4

% Change

Logged

901

1006

+12%

Closed

950

1042

+10%

Open

137

102

-26%

Backlog*

43

27

-37%

* Cases pending ≥ 91 days

OGIS Ten Oldest Pending Cases

Case No.

No. of Days Pending

18-02809

602

20-0131

243

20-0327

224

20-0422

216

20-0522

208

20-1199

178

20-1198

178

20-1246

173

20-1252

173

20-1359 164

OGIS Performance Metrics

Metric

Goal

Achieved
FY20 Q3

Achieved
FY20 Q4

Average time to make initial contact for requests for assistance

10 days

4 days

4 days

Average processing time to close a complex request for assistance**

90 days

403 days

312 days

Average processing time to close a simple request for assistance**

90 days

6 days

5 days

Percentage of complex requests for assistance processed within established timeframe**

85-90%

3%

13%

Percentage of simple requests for assistance processed within established timeframe**

85-90%

100%

100%

Number of complex cases pending assignment

Not
Applicable

34 cases

23 cases

Number of simple cases pending assignment

Not
​Applicable

25 cases

39 cases

Average age of pending complex OGIS cases

Not
​Applicable

226 days

128 days

Average age of pending simple OGIS cases

Not
​Applicable

9 days

16 days

* NARA Performance Measurement and Reporting System (PMRS) metric 

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