The deadline for agencies to post their annual FOIA reports for FY 2025 was Sunday, March 1, 2026, which effectively is today. As of 9:40am, the heaviest government FOIA lifters, DHS, DOJ, and DOD, have not posted their reports. Nor has the DOJ-operated website FOIA.gov been updated to reflect FY 2025 data.
The Department of State’s recently posted report is not a good omen: its request backlog jumped nearly 30 percent from 21,615 requests to 27,619 requests.
Stay tuned for more updates.