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DNFSB · 2024 Annual Report

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Requests Received

110

52 processed

Grant Rate

10%

2 full + 3 partial

Simple / Complex

61d / N/A

avg days to respond

Backlog

54

was 2 last year

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Grant Rate

10%

2 full grants, 3 partial grants out of 52 total requests processed.

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Simple Request Speed

61 days avg

Median 61 days · Range 29 days–396 days for simple requests.

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Request Backlog

54 backlogged

+2600% vs last year (was 2).

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Complex Request Speed

N/A

No complex request data reported.

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No Records Denial Rate

21%

11 of 52 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

110 received

+129% vs prior year (48 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$500,000

$9,615 per request processed. Staff: 2 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Email

FOIA@dnfsb.gov

Phone

(202) 694-7000; (800) 788-4016

Mailing address

FOIA Office
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20004

Reading room

https://www.dnfsb.gov/foia-reading-room

FOIA page

http://www.dnfsb.gov/foia-reading-room

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$500,000

Staff (FTE)

2

Fees Collected

N/A

Data from Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.