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CPSC · 2024 Annual Report

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Requests Received

783

701 processed

Grant Rate

43%

136 full + 168 partial

Simple / Complex

40.48d / 109.36d

avg days to respond

Backlog

251

was 197 last year

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Request Backlog

251 backlogged

+27% vs last year (was 197).

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Appeal Success Rate

7%

0 fully reversed + 1 partial reversals out of 15 appeals decided.

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Grant Rate

43%

136 full grants, 168 partial grants out of 701 total requests processed.

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Simple Request Speed

40.48 days avg

Median 8 days · Range N/A–1413 days for simple requests.

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Complex Request Speed

109.36 days avg

Median 47 days · Range N/A–1617 days for complex requests.

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No Records Denial Rate

22%

154 of 701 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

783 received

+30% vs prior year (601 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$675,874

$964 per request processed. Staff: 4.75 FTE. Fees collected: $814.

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How to submit a request

Email

CPSCFOIARequests@cpsc.gov

Phone

1-800-638-2772

Mailing address

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
4330 East West Highway, Room 704
Bethesda, MD 20814-4408

Reading room

https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/FOIA

FOIA page

http://www.cpsc.gov/

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$675,874

Staff (FTE)

4.75

Fees Collected

$814

Appeals (2024)

Received

16

Affirmed (denied)

9

Reversed (granted)

0

Partial reversal

1

Data from Consumer Product Safety Commission FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.