Welcome back, feds. Some FOIA offices may have a lot of catching up to do after a 43-day partial government shutdown. Take heart, requesters. In fiscal year 2019, agencies still managed to process slightly more requests than they received despite a 35-day shutdown. See U.S. Dep’t of Justice, Office of Info. Policy, Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2019 (reporting 858,952 requests received; 877,964 processed).