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FOIA News: DOJ releases its 2017 annual report

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.