The Department of Homeland Security, which receives the most FOIA requests, released its annual FOIA report for fiscal year 2019. DHS reported that it received 400,245 requests during the years and that it processed 429,798 requests, reducing the number of pending requests from 88,233 to 58,680 — a nearly 30 percent decrease.
The Nation reported that President Trump recently designated Customs and Border Protection as a “security agency,” which will permit the agency to protect the names and salaries of its employees. Senator Leahy reacted to the article with a tweet.