On February 26, 2026, the Department of Transportation released its annual FOIA report for fiscal year 2025. Some of the key figures are below:
20,475 requests received, up from 18,345 requests in FY 2024.
16,941 requests processed, up from 16,080 in FY 2024.
11,250 backlogged requests, up from 8048 at the end of FY 2024.
Response times for all processed perfected requests were about 80 days on average for “simple” requests and 262 days on average for “complex” requests.
Processing and litigation costs totaled $19,639,088; fees collected for processing requests were $92,814.
80 requests for fee waivers were granted and 45 were denied.
51 requests for expedited processing were granted and 429 were denied.
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