You are here  FIA-14-0039 - In the Matter of Tim Hadley  On July
21, 2014, OHA issued a decision denying a FOIA Appeal filed by
Tim Hadley (Appellant) of a determination issued by the Office
of Information Resources (OIR).  OHA also dismissed two other
Appeals filed by the Appellant of determinations issued by
Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and Oak Ridge Office (Oak
Ridge), respectively, on procedural grounds.  In his Appeal of
the OIR determination, Mr. Hadley challenged OIR’s withholdings
under Exemptions 5, 6, and 7(C).  However, OHA found that OIR
properly applied the cited exemptions in withholding the
information.  OHA determined that the information withheld under
Exemption 5 was predecisional and reflected the give-and-take of
the consultative process.  Further, release of the information
would not be in the public interest because there was no public
interest in the disclosure.  OHA further found that the
information withheld under Exemptions 6 and 7(C) was information
that applied to particul