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CPPBSD · 2024 Annual Report

Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Requests Received

65

47 processed

Grant Rate

17%

4 full + 4 partial

Simple / Complex

88d / 80d

avg days to respond

Backlog

18

was 3 last year

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Grant Rate

17%

4 full grants, 4 partial grants out of 47 total requests processed.

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Simple Request Speed

88 days avg

Median 88 days · Range 6 days–167 days for simple requests.

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Request Backlog

18 backlogged

+500% vs last year (was 3).

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Complex Request Speed

80 days avg

Median 76 days · Range 5 days–285 days for complex requests.

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No Records Denial Rate

40%

19 of 47 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

65 received

+27% vs prior year (51 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$28,800

$613 per request processed. Staff: 0.2 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Phone

703-603-2100

Mailing address

Kimberly Zeich, Executive Director
355 E Street SW Suite 325
Washington, DC 20024

Reading room

http://www.abilityone.gov/laws,_regulations_and_policy/foia_reading_room.html

FOIA page

http://www.abilityone.gov/laws,_regulations_and_policy/foia.html

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$28,800

Staff (FTE)

0.2

Fees Collected

N/A

Data from Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.