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CFTC · 2024 Annual Report

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Requests Received

443

430 processed

Grant Rate

22%

42 full + 53 partial

Simple / Complex

2.15d / 23.46d

avg days to respond

Backlog

11

was 4 last year

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Grant Rate

22%

42 full grants, 53 partial grants out of 430 total requests processed.

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Request Backlog

11 backlogged

+175% vs last year (was 4).

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Simple Request Speed

2.15 days avg

Median 1 day · Range N/A–17 days for simple requests.

Good

Complex Request Speed

23.46 days avg

Median 12 days · Range N/A–247 days for complex requests.

Good

Appeal Success Rate

100%

0 fully reversed + 1 partial reversals out of 1 appeals decided.

Good

No Records Denial Rate

12%

51 of 430 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

443 received

+53% vs prior year (290 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$783,675

$1,822 per request processed. Staff: 3.5 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Online submission

https://www.cftc.gov/FOI/request/index.htm

Phone

202-418-5912

Mailing address

CFTC FOIA Office, Three Lafayette Centre
1155 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20581

Reading room

https://www.cftc.gov/FOI/foiareadingrooms.htmlhttps://www.cftc.gov/FOI/cftcfoiaguide.html

FOIA page

https://www.cftc.gov/FOI/index.htm

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$783,675

Staff (FTE)

3.5

Fees Collected

N/A

Appeals (2024)

Received

1

Affirmed (denied)

0

Reversed (granted)

0

Partial reversal

1

Data from Commodity Futures Trading Commission FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.