"Other Reasons" Described

1. Transferred Request:  This category applies when responsibility for making a determination or a decision on categories listed below is shifted from one Component to another Component/Federal Agency.

2. Lack of Records:  This category covers situations wherein the requester is advised the agency has no record, or has no statutory obligation to create a record.

3. Failure of Requester to Reasonably Describe Record:  This category is specifically based on Section 552(a)(3)(A) of the FOIA.

4. Other Failures by Requester to Comply with Published Rules and/or Directives:  This category is based on Section 552(a)(3)(B) of the FOIA and includes instances of failure to follow published rules concerning time, place, fees and procedures.

5. Request Withdrawn by Requester:  This category covers situations when the requester asks an agency to disregard the request (or appeal) or pursues the request outside FOIA channels.

6. Not an Agency Record:   This category indicates the requested information is not an agency record.