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FMCS · 2024 Annual Report

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Requests Received

100

94 processed

Grant Rate

46%

20 full + 23 partial

Simple / Complex

11.71d / 30d

avg days to respond

Backlog

1

was 0 last year

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Grant Rate

46%

20 full grants, 23 partial grants out of 94 total requests processed.

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Request Backlog

1 backlogged

1 requests pending at year end. No prior year comparison available.

Note

Simple Request Speed

11.71 days avg

Median 10 days · Range N/A–52 days for simple requests.

Good

Complex Request Speed

30 days avg

Median 30 days · Range 30 days–30 days for complex requests.

Good

Appeal Success Rate

50%

0 fully reversed + 2 partial reversals out of 4 appeals decided.

Good

No Records Denial Rate

37%

35 of 94 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

100 received

+117% vs prior year (46 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$9,590

$102 per request processed. Staff: 1 FTE. Fees collected: $80.

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How to submit a request

Online submission

https://www.fmcs.gov/resources/forms-applications/general-foia-request-form/

Phone

202-606-3737

Mailing address

Anna Davis, Chief FOIA Officer
250 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20427

FOIA page

http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/itemDetailNoNav.asp?categoryID=90&itemID=16303

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$9,590

Staff (FTE)

1

Fees Collected

$80

Appeals (2024)

Received

4

Affirmed (denied)

1

Reversed (granted)

0

Partial reversal

2

Data from Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.