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
Transparency checks
Request Backlog
251 backlogged
+27% vs last year (was 197).
Appeal Success Rate
7%
0 fully reversed + 1 partial reversals out of 15 appeals decided.
Grant Rate
43%
136 full grants, 168 partial grants out of 701 total requests processed.
Simple Request Speed
40.48 days avg
Median 8 days · Range N/A–1413 days for simple requests.
Complex Request Speed
109.36 days avg
Median 47 days · Range N/A–1617 days for complex requests.
No Records Denial Rate
22%
154 of 701 requests denied because no responsive records were found.
Request Volume
783 received
+30% vs prior year (601 received last year).
Processing Cost
$675,874
$964 per request processed. Staff: 4.75 FTE. Fees collected: $814.
How to submit a request
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/FOIAFOIA 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.