FOIA backlogs on the rise after record number of requests
By Justin Doubleday, Fed. News Network, Mar. 3, 2023 4:34 pm
Freedom of Information Act backlogs soared at some key agencies after the public filed a record number of FOIA requests in fiscal 2022.
Agencies received 928,353 requests last year and processed 878,420 requests, both record highs, according to the Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy. Agencies were required to upload their fiscal 2022 annual FOIA reports by March 1.
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