The Department of Justice's annual FOIA report for fiscal year 2017 is now available on the Office of Information Policy's website. Here are some top line numbers:
Requests received: 82,088
Requests processed: 79,390
Backlogged requests: 12,863
Appeals received: 3,192
Appeal processed: 3,270
Backlogged appeals: 172
Litigations costs: $13.6 million
Agencies were required to submit their annual FOIA reports to OIP by November 20, 2017.