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.