SIGAR · 2024 Annual Report
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
Requests Received
49
51 processed
Grant Rate
18%
5 full + 4 partial
Simple / Complex
62d / 99d
avg days to respond
Backlog
12
was 11 last year
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Grant Rate
18%
5 full grants, 4 partial grants out of 51 total requests processed.
Simple Request Speed
62 days avg
Median 68 days · Range 14 days–127 days for simple requests.
Request Backlog
12 backlogged
+9% vs last year (was 11).
Complex Request Speed
99 days avg
Median 83 days · Range 13 days–261 days for complex requests.
Appeal Success Rate
100%
0 fully reversed + 1 partial reversals out of 1 appeals decided.
No Records Denial Rate
59%
30 of 51 requests denied because no responsive records were found.
Request Volume
49 received
+7% vs prior year (46 received last year).
Processing Cost
$30,000
$588 per request processed. Staff: 1 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.
How to submit a request
Online submission
https://www.sigar.mil/contact/foia/index.aspx?SSR=9&SubSSR=38&WP=FOIA%20|%20Privacy%20ActPhone
703-545-6000
Mailing address
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan, FOIA Office
2530 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
Cost & staffing (2024)
Processing Cost
$30,000
Staff (FTE)
1
Fees Collected
N/A
Appeals (2024)
Received
1
Affirmed (denied)
0
Reversed (granted)
0
Partial reversal
1
Data from Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.