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FOIA News: CRS releases report on FY 2020 FOIA stats

FOIA News (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Pandemic Increased Backlog of FOIA Cases, Report Says

By FEDweek, Nov. 1, 2021

The pandemic contributed to an increase in the backlog of Freedom of Information Act requests pending in federal agencies, the Congressional Research Service has said.

The backlog of requests that have not received an initial agency response within the law’s timeframes rose from about 120,000 to about 142,000 from fiscal 2019 to 2020, while the pending backlog of appeals of denials remained about flat at about 5,100.

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