FOIA Advisor

FOIA News: Fastest & slowest agencies of FY 2021

FOIA News (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

According to annual data available on FOIA.gov, the following five agencies reported the highest median number of days to process simple, perfected requests in fiscal year 2021:

  1. National Archives and Records Administration: 179 days

  2. United States Institute of Peace: 173 days

  3. Office of Management and Budget: 170 days

  4. Advisory Council of Historic Preservation: 106 days

  5. U..S Agency for Global Media: 99 days

Seven agencies reported median response times of one (1) day in FY 2021 for simple, perfected requests:

  1. Department of Agriculture

  2. Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

  3. Administrative Conference of the United States

  4. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

  5. Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

  6. Office of the Director of National Intelligence

  7. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation