MSPB · 2024 Annual Report
Merit Systems Protection Board
Requests Received
219
184 processed
Grant Rate
49%
47 full + 44 partial
Simple / Complex
13.01d / 284.56d
avg days to respond
Backlog
127
was 96 last year
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Complex Request Speed
284.56 days avg
Median 128 days · Range N/A–1900 days for complex requests.
Request Backlog
127 backlogged
+32% vs last year (was 96).
Grant Rate
49%
47 full grants, 44 partial grants out of 184 total requests processed.
Simple Request Speed
13.01 days avg
Median 3 days · Range N/A–170 days for simple requests.
Appeal Success Rate
41%
6 fully reversed + 5 partial reversals out of 27 appeals decided.
No Records Denial Rate
18%
33 of 184 requests denied because no responsive records were found.
Request Volume
219 received
-1% vs prior year (221 received last year).
Processing Cost
$305,986
$1,663 per request processed. Staff: 2.21 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.
How to submit a request
Phone
202-653-7200
Mailing address
1615 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20419
Reading room
https://www.mspb.gov/FOIA/e-foiareadingroom.htmFOIA page
http://www.mspb.gov/FOIA/foia.htmCost & staffing (2024)
Processing Cost
$305,986
Staff (FTE)
2.21
Fees Collected
N/A
Appeals (2024)
Received
26
Affirmed (denied)
4
Reversed (granted)
6
Partial reversal
5
Data from Merit Systems Protection Board FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.