WhatAboutFOIA

STB · 2024 Annual Report

Surface Transportation Board

Requests Received

89

99 processed

Grant Rate

24%

18 full + 6 partial

Simple / Complex

9.82d / N/A

avg days to respond

Backlog

0

was 0 last year

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Grant Rate

24%

18 full grants, 6 partial grants out of 99 total requests processed.

Alert

Simple Request Speed

9.82 days avg

Median 8 days · Range 1 day–35 days for simple requests.

Good

Request Backlog

No backlog

Zero backlogged requests at end of 2024.

Good

Complex Request Speed

N/A

No complex request data reported.

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No Records Denial Rate

70%

69 of 99 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

Info

Request Volume

89 received

-23% vs prior year (116 received last year).

Info

Processing Cost

$58,900

$595 per request processed. Staff: 0.25 FTE. Fees collected: $827.

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How to submit a request

Online submission

https://www.stb.gov/foia/foia-request/

Email

FOIA.Privacy@stb.gov

Phone

202-934-0375

Mailing address

Chris Oehrle, FOIA Officer
395 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20423-0001

FOIA page

http://www.stb.gov/

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$58,900

Staff (FTE)

0.25

Fees Collected

$827

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