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CIGIE · 2024 Annual Report

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

Requests Received

207

100 processed

Grant Rate

8%

8 full + 0 partial

Simple / Complex

6.75d / 103.67d

avg days to respond

Backlog

146

was 40 last year

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Grant Rate

8%

8 full grants, 0 partial grants out of 100 total requests processed.

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Request Backlog

146 backlogged

+265% vs last year (was 40).

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Appeal Success Rate

0%

0 fully reversed + 0 partial reversals out of 9 appeals decided.

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Complex Request Speed

103.67 days avg

Median 102 days · Range 4 days–199 days for complex requests.

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Simple Request Speed

6.75 days avg

Median 3 days · Range 1 day–162 days for simple requests.

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No Records Denial Rate

50%

50 of 100 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

207 received

+59% vs prior year (130 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$238,090

$2,381 per request processed. Staff: 1.25 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Phone

202-292-2600

Mailing address

FOIA Contact, Suite 825
1717 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Reading room

https://www.ignet.gov/content/foia-reading-room-1

FOIA page

https://www.ignet.gov/content/foia-0

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$238,090

Staff (FTE)

1.25

Fees Collected

N/A

Appeals (2024)

Received

9

Affirmed (denied)

9

Reversed (granted)

0

Partial reversal

0

Data from Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.