According to a notice filed on Thursday evening, the government estimates that “approximately 58,000 documents” maintained by the U.S. DOGE Service are responsive to a FOIA request being litigated by Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington. DOGE explained it “has not yet been able to conduct a review for responsiveness, and deduplication.” The parties continue to contest whether DOGE is an “agency” for purposes of the FOIA, but the presiding judge has already denied the government’s recent motion for reconsideration on that very question, thus leaving in place a preliminary injunction compelling DOGE to process CREW’s request for the time being. FOIA Advisor has previously covered developments in this case. Just over a week ago, DOGE filed its motion for summary judgment, which should be decided on an expedited basis.