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FDIC · 2024 Annual Report

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Requests Received

1,028

873 processed

Grant Rate

17%

69 full + 76 partial

Simple / Complex

23.9d / 83.22d

avg days to respond

Backlog

252

was 123 last year

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Grant Rate

17%

69 full grants, 76 partial grants out of 873 total requests processed.

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Request Backlog

252 backlogged

+105% vs last year (was 123).

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Simple Request Speed

23.9 days avg

Median 19 days · Range 2 days–108 days for simple requests.

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Complex Request Speed

83.22 days avg

Median 64 days · Range 2 days–423 days for complex requests.

Good

Appeal Success Rate

21%

3 fully reversed + 1 partial reversals out of 19 appeals decided.

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No Records Denial Rate

8%

71 of 873 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

1,028 received

+24% vs prior year (826 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$3,104,602

$3,556 per request processed. Staff: 20 FTE. Fees collected: $2,603.

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How to submit a request

Online submission

https://efoiarequest.fdic.gov/palMain.aspx?protocol=https

Phone

202-898-7021

Mailing address

FOIA Contact, Legal Division, FOIA/PA Group
550 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20429

Reading room

https://www.fdic.gov/about/freedom/readingroom.html

FOIA page

http://www.fdic.gov/about/freedom/index.html

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$3,104,602

Staff (FTE)

20

Fees Collected

$2,603

Appeals (2024)

Received

20

Affirmed (denied)

13

Reversed (granted)

3

Partial reversal

1

Data from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.