The National Archives and Records Administration received only 3967 FOIA requests in fiscal year 2021 according to quarterly data posted on FOIA.gov, a dramatic decline from 25,738 requests received by the agency in FY 2020 and an average of 57,500 requests from FY 2016 to FY 2019. Presumably this is due to the COVID-related shutdown of NARA’s research facilities, which typically receive numerous FOIA requests for archival records.