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HA · 2024 Annual Report

U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad

Requests Received

96

20 processed

Grant Rate

20%

2 full + 2 partial

Simple / Complex

90d / N/A

avg days to respond

Backlog

84

was 0 last year

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Grant Rate

20%

2 full grants, 2 partial grants out of 20 total requests processed.

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Simple Request Speed

90 days avg

Median 84 days · Range 1 day–278 days for simple requests.

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Request Backlog

84 backlogged

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

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Complex Request Speed

N/A

No complex request data reported.

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No Records Denial Rate

80%

16 of 20 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

96 received

+269% vs prior year (26 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$2,000

$100 per request processed. Staff: 0.1 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Email

uscommission@heritageabroad.gov

Phone

12022543824

Mailing address

1050 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036

Reading room

https://www.heritageabroad.gov/about

FOIA page

https://www.heritageabroad.gov/

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$2,000

Staff (FTE)

0.1

Fees Collected

N/A

Data from U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.