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FOMC · 2024 Annual Report

Federal Open Market Committee

Requests Received

90

64 processed

Grant Rate

19%

8 full + 4 partial

Simple / Complex

11.3d / 130.4d

avg days to respond

Backlog

31

was 0 last year

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Grant Rate

19%

8 full grants, 4 partial grants out of 64 total requests processed.

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Complex Request Speed

130.4 days avg

Median 170 days · Range 22 days–257 days for complex requests.

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Request Backlog

31 backlogged

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

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Simple Request Speed

11.3 days avg

Median 8 days · Range N/A–20 days for simple requests.

Good

No Records Denial Rate

33%

21 of 64 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

90 received

+210% vs prior year (29 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$296,781

$4,637 per request processed. Staff: 3 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Online submission

https://fomc.secureocp.com/

Phone

202-973-7400

Mailing address

20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20551

Reading room

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/fomc/readingrooms.htm

FOIA page

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$296,781

Staff (FTE)

3

Fees Collected

N/A

Data from Federal Open Market Committee FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.