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OMB · 2024 Annual Report

Office of Management and Budget

Requests Received

994

493 processed

Grant Rate

31%

86 full + 67 partial

Simple / Complex

350d / 346d

avg days to respond

Backlog

909

was 526 last year

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Simple Request Speed

350 days avg

Median 112 days · Range 1 day–1789 days for simple requests.

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Complex Request Speed

346 days avg

Median 51 days · Range 1 day–1782 days for complex requests.

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Request Backlog

909 backlogged

+73% vs last year (was 526).

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Grant Rate

31%

86 full grants, 67 partial grants out of 493 total requests processed.

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Appeal Success Rate

43%

1 fully reversed + 2 partial reversals out of 7 appeals decided.

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No Records Denial Rate

38%

187 of 493 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

994 received

+216% vs prior year (315 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$1,776,757

$3,604 per request processed. Staff: 11 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Email

OMBFOIA@omb.eop.gov

Phone

202-395-3642

Mailing address

Tim Nusraty, FOIA Officer
725 17th Street NW, Room 9272
Washington, DC 20503

FOIA page

https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/freedom-of-information-act-foia/

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$1,776,757

Staff (FTE)

11

Fees Collected

N/A

Appeals (2024)

Received

10

Affirmed (denied)

4

Reversed (granted)

1

Partial reversal

2

Data from Office of Management and Budget FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.