The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its fiscal year 2022 annual FOIA report. Here are the highlights:
1819 requests received, an increase of 4.9 percent from FY 2021 (1734 requests)
2031 requests processed, a decrease of 2.9 percent from FY 2021 (2093 requests)
Backlogged requests stood at 626 requests at the end of FY 2022, a reduction of 22.5 percent from FY 2021 (808 requests).
The average response time for all processed perfected requests was 80.17 days for “simple” requests and 276 days for “complex” requests.
Processing costs and litigation costs amounted to $7.17 million. The Department reported only $100,535 in total costs for FY 2021, which undoubtedly was an error.
Fees collected for processing requests amounted to $12,372, less than one-fifth of one percent of its total costs.