Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)

Fiscal Year 2021, 4th Quarter Performance (Jul 2021 – Sep  2021)

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

Summary

Expectations

The total number of requests for assistance that OGIS logged this quarter increased slightly by four cases. Our backlog this quarter increased slightly by eight cases

We hope to reduce our backlog, building on the new efficiencies we have introduced into our processes.


OGIS Dispute Resolution Caseload

Cases FY21 Q3 FY21 Q4 % Change
Logged 1,059 1,063 0%
Closed 1,059 1,100 +4%
Open 108 111 +3%
Backlog* 22 30 +37%

* Cases pending ≥ 91 days


OGIS Ten Oldest Pending Cases

Case No.

No. of Days Pending

21-0168

237

21-0260

228

21-0363

219

21-0480

206

21-1083

172

21-1140

169

21-1263

159

  21-1305    

157

21-1382

150

21-1451

140

 

OGIS Performance Metrics

Metric Goal Achieved
FY21 Q3
Achieved
FY21 Q4
Average time to make initial contact for requests for assistance 10 days 4 4
Average processing time to close a complex request for assistance** 90 days 117 146
Average processing time to close a simple request for assistance** 90 days 5 9
Percentage of complex requests for assistance processed within established timeframe** 85-90% 25% 35%
Percentage of simple requests for assistance processed within established timeframe** 85-90% 100% 100%
Number of complex cases pending assignment N/A 28 41
Number of simple cases pending assignment N/A 25 31
Average age of pending complex OGIS cases N/A 95 88
Average age of pending simple OGIS cases N/A 47 23
** NARA Performance Measurement and Reporting System (PMRS) metric
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