Trends Over Time

Thirteen years of government-wide FOIA activity: volume, backlog, cost, and processing speed.

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Requests Received & Processed

FY 2013 - present, government-wide

Backlog & Appeals Backlog

Note the two different scales (left: requests, right: appeals)

Program Cost

Processing cost + litigation cost, stacked

% Processed Within 20 Days

Simple vs. complex track

Disposition of Processed Requests

Full grants, partial grants, full denials, no records

Compare Agencies Over Time

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Gaps indicate years the agency wasn't in the report, or merged/renamed.