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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.

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Request Backlog

127 backlogged

+32% vs last year (was 96).

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Grant Rate

49%

47 full grants, 44 partial grants out of 184 total requests processed.

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Simple Request Speed

13.01 days avg

Median 3 days · Range N/A–170 days for simple requests.

Good

Appeal Success Rate

41%

6 fully reversed + 5 partial reversals out of 27 appeals decided.

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No Records Denial Rate

18%

33 of 184 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

219 received

-1% vs prior year (221 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$305,986

$1,663 per request processed. Staff: 2.21 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Email

foia@mspb.gov

Phone

202-653-7200

Mailing address

1615 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20419

Reading room

https://www.mspb.gov/FOIA/e-foiareadingroom.htm

FOIA page

http://www.mspb.gov/FOIA/foia.htm

Cost & 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.