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FOIA News: More annual reports posted; DOJ’s still pending

FOIA News (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment
  • Health & Human Serv.: HHS received 36,825 requests in FY 2020 versus 35,358 in FY 2019, about a 4 percent increase. Its backlog of requests increased from 7764 to 8817, or 13.5 percent.

  • Labor: DOL received 15,820 requests in FY 2020 versus 16,259 in FY 2019, less than a 3 percent decrease. Its backlog of requests increased from 1509 to 1714, or 13.5 percent.

DOJ has posted a list of all annual reports that are available here. As of 6:00PM on March 1st, neither Justice, Homeland Security, Energy nor Treasury had posted their FY 2020 reports.