OGIS Publishes Annual RMSA Report
NARA/OGIS, FOIA Ombuds, Sept. 29, 2025
Almost one fifth of federal agencies report using artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning in FOIA processing and nearly half report finding records responsive to a FOIA request that were beyond their retention period. Those are among the findings in our latest report, Assessing Freedom of Information Act Compliance through the 2024 National Archives and Records Administration’s Records Management Self-Assessment.
Data collected in the annual Records Management Self-Assessment (RMSA) helps OGIS fulfill its statutory mandate to review agency compliance with FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552(h)(2), and complements the observations OGIS makes as the FOIA Ombuds, working to improve the FOIA process for all. The RMSA for 2024 —administered to agency records officers between January 2025 and March 2025 by the National Archives and Records Administration’s Office of the Chief Records Officer (CRO)—included seven questions regarding FOIA administration.
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