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USAGM · 2024 Annual Report

U.S. Agency for Global Media

Requests Received

173

191 processed

Grant Rate

45%

28 full + 58 partial

Simple / Complex

5d / 34d

avg days to respond

Backlog

1

was 7 last year

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Grant Rate

45%

28 full grants, 58 partial grants out of 191 total requests processed.

Note

Simple Request Speed

5 days avg

Median 2 days · Range N/A–30 days for simple requests.

Good

Complex Request Speed

34 days avg

Median 15 days · Range N/A–674 days for complex requests.

Good

Request Backlog

1 backlogged

-86% vs last year (was 7).

Good

Appeal Success Rate

100%

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

Good

No Records Denial Rate

47%

89 of 191 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

173 received

+44% vs prior year (120 received last year).

Info

Processing Cost

$224,696

$1,176 per request processed. Staff: 1.5 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Phone

202-920-2435

Mailing address

FOIA/Privacy Act Officer, USAGM/FOIA/PA Unit, Room 3349
330 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20237

Reading room

https://www.usagm.gov/foia/electronic-reading-room/

FOIA page

https://www.usagm.gov/foia/

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$224,696

Staff (FTE)

1.5

Fees Collected

N/A

Appeals (2024)

Received

1

Affirmed (denied)

0

Reversed (granted)

1

Partial reversal

1

Data from U.S. Agency for Global Media FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.