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PCLOB · 2024 Annual Report

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Requests Received

130

69 processed

Grant Rate

19%

3 full + 10 partial

Simple / Complex

105d / N/A

avg days to respond

Backlog

89

was 9 last year

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Grant Rate

19%

3 full grants, 10 partial grants out of 69 total requests processed.

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Simple Request Speed

105 days avg

Median 17 days · Range 1 day–1068 days for simple requests.

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Request Backlog

89 backlogged

+889% vs last year (was 9).

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Appeal Success Rate

0%

0 fully reversed + 0 partial reversals out of 3 appeals decided.

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Complex Request Speed

N/A

No complex request data reported.

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No Records Denial Rate

17%

12 of 69 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

130 received

+160% vs prior year (50 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$86,050

$1,247 per request processed. Staff: 0.5 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Phone

202-331-1986

Mailing address

Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board
800 North Capitol Street NW
Washington, DC 20002

Reading room

https://www.pclob.gov/Foia/Foia

FOIA page

https://www.pclob.gov/Foia/Foia

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$86,050

Staff (FTE)

0.5

Fees Collected

N/A

Appeals (2024)

Received

3

Affirmed (denied)

3

Reversed (granted)

0

Partial reversal

0

Data from Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.