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FOIA News: More quarterly backlog data

FOIA News (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

By popular demand, here is a rundown of how additional cabinet agencies have been managing their request backlogs since the end of fiscal year 2021.

  • Agriculture: 2081 requests (FY21) to 2334 (FY22, 2nd qtr.), a 12.1 percent increase

  • Commerce: 773 requests (FY21) to 925 (FY22, 2nd qtr.), a 19.6 percent increase

  • Energy: 808 requests (FY21) to 773 (FY22, 1st qtr.), a 4.3 percent decrease

  • Health & Human Serv.: 9955 requests (FY21) to 11293 (FY22, 2nd qtr.), a 13.4 percent increase

  • Housing & Urban Development: 808 requests (FY21) to 808 (FY22, 2nd qtr.), no change

  • Interior: 4484 requests (FY21) to 4540 (FY22, 2nd qtr.), a 1.2 percent increase

  • Labor: 1216 requests (FY21) to 1287 (FY22, 1st qtr.), a 5.8 percent increase

  • Transportation: 4811 requests (FY21) to 5294 (FY22, 2nd qtr.), a 10 percent increase.

  • Treasury: 2280 requests (FY21) to 2618 (FY22, 2nd qtr.), a 14.8 percent increase