Making the Grade: Access to Information Scorecard 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary .............................................................. 1 Ensuring Timely Access to Government Information .................. 5 Overall Agency Performance Scores ....................................... 9 Disclosure Rules ................................................................. 14 FOIA Websites .................................................................... 21 Processing FOIA Requests .................................................... 27 Making the Grade on Disclosing Public Information .................. 38 Improving Performance ........................................................ 39 Appendix A: Methodology ..................................................... 44 Appendix A-1: Processing Requests ................................... 44 Appendix A-2: Disclosure Rules ......................................... 55 Appendix A-3: Websites .................................................... 61 Appendix A-4: Grading Scale ............................................. 66 Appendix A-5: Changes to the Methodology ......................... 67 Appendix B: Score Tables ...................................................... 69 Table B-1: Scoring the Processing of Requests .................... 69 Table B-2: Scoring Disclosure Rules ................................... 72 Table B-3: Scoring Websites .............................................. 75