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NTSB · 2024 Annual Report

National Transportation Safety Board

Requests Received

703

561 processed

Grant Rate

16%

23 full + 67 partial

Simple / Complex

35.23d / 151.19d

avg days to respond

Backlog

226

was 96 last year

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Grant Rate

16%

23 full grants, 67 partial grants out of 561 total requests processed.

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Request Backlog

226 backlogged

+135% vs last year (was 96).

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Simple Request Speed

35.23 days avg

Median 11 days · Range N/A–461 days for simple requests.

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Complex Request Speed

151.19 days avg

Median 72 days · Range N/A–653 days for complex requests.

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Appeal Success Rate

10%

0 fully reversed + 2 partial reversals out of 20 appeals decided.

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No Records Denial Rate

34%

189 of 561 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

703 received

+26% vs prior year (558 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$893,236

$1,592 per request processed. Staff: 6 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Online submission

https://foiarequest.ntsb.gov/palMain.aspx

Phone

202-314-6540

Mailing address

National Transportation Safety Board
Attn: FOIA Requester Service Center, CIO-40 490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20594

Reading room

https://www.ntsb.gov/about/foia/Pages/default.aspx

FOIA page

https://www.ntsb.gov/about/foia/Pages/default.aspx

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$893,236

Staff (FTE)

6

Fees Collected

N/A

Appeals (2024)

Received

20

Affirmed (denied)

3

Reversed (granted)

0

Partial reversal

2

Data from National Transportation Safety Board FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.