WhatAboutFOIA

OSTP · 2024 Annual Report

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Requests Received

212

178 processed

Grant Rate

81%

3 full + 141 partial

Simple / Complex

11.4d / 101.1d

avg days to respond

Backlog

196

was 172 last year

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Request Backlog

196 backlogged

+14% vs last year (was 172).

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Appeal Success Rate

0%

0 fully reversed + 0 partial reversals out of 1 appeals decided.

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Complex Request Speed

101.1 days avg

Median 29 days · Range 21 days–1697 days for complex requests.

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Grant Rate

81%

3 full grants, 141 partial grants out of 178 total requests processed.

Good

Simple Request Speed

11.4 days avg

Median 19 days · Range 1 day–26 days for simple requests.

Good

No Records Denial Rate

13%

23 of 178 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

212 received

+231% vs prior year (64 received last year).

Info

Processing Cost

$496,176

$2,788 per request processed. Staff: 3 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Email

OSTPFOIA@ostp.eop.gov

Phone

202-456-4444

Mailing address

Rachel Wallace, Chief FOIA Officer
1650 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20502

Reading room

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/information-resources/

FOIA page

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/information-resources/

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$496,176

Staff (FTE)

3

Fees Collected

N/A

Appeals (2024)

Received

1

Affirmed (denied)

1

Reversed (granted)

0

Partial reversal

0

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