In fiscal year 2021, the federal government received a total of 838,164 FOIA requests. How many FOIA requests will federal agencies receive in FY 2022? Send us an email with your best guess. We’ll give away a total of $175 to those closest to the mark.
See official rules below. Good luck!
Contest Official Rules
This FOIA contest is open to all legal residents of the United States. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older as of their date of entry in the contest in order to qualify. This contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void outside the United States and where prohibited by law.
The contest sponsor is FOIA Advisor, located at P.O. Box 17218, Arlington, VA 22216.
No entrance fee or purchase necessary. Submit entries by email to admin@foiaadvisor.com. Entries must include entrant’s full name. One entry per person. FOIA Advisor will not sell, rent, or lease entrants’ contact information or use it to solicit new subscribers.
Entries will be accepted from August 10, 2022, at 9:00am ET to September 30, 2022, at 11:59pm ET. Entries that are late, incomplete, unreadable, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules will be disqualified. FOIA Advisor is not responsible for lost or misdirected entries.
Prizes will consist of Amazon eGift cards. First prize, $100; second prize: $50; third prize, $25. No substitutions, exchanges, refunds or other compensation will be made for any reason, including cancellation of the contest. Winners are responsible for all taxes associated with claiming these prizes.
Winning entries will be the closest to the actual number of FOIA requests received by federal agencies in FY 2022, as reported by the U.S. Department of Justice. If two or more entrants tie for first place, the entire prize pool of $175 will be divided evenly among the first-place winners. If there is one first-place winner and two or more entrants tie for second place, the combined $75 prize pool for second and third place will be divided evenly among the second-place winners. If there are no ties for first and second place and two or more entrants tie for third place, the $25 third prize will be divided evenly among the third-place winners.
Winners will be notified by FOIA Advisor by email in 2023, when the U.S. Department of Justice is expected to publish aggregate FOIA data for FY 2022. Winners have sixty (60) days to reply to FOIA Advisor to claim prizes. In FOIA Advisor’s sole discretion, a winner may be required to forfeit a prize and an alternate winner may be selected in accordance with these Official Rules from among the remaining eligible entries for that prize if the winner: (a) is unreachable, (b) declines or cannot accept, receive or use the prize for any reason, or (c) fails to comply with these Official Rules.
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