WhatAboutFOIA

USCCR · 2024 Annual Report

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Requests Received

140

84 processed

Grant Rate

45%

36 full + 2 partial

Simple / Complex

51d / 63d

avg days to respond

Backlog

64

was 0 last year

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Simple Request Speed

51 days avg

Median 9 days · Range 1 day–199 days for simple requests.

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Grant Rate

45%

36 full grants, 2 partial grants out of 84 total requests processed.

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Request Backlog

64 backlogged

64 requests pending at year end. No prior year comparison available.

Note

Complex Request Speed

63 days avg

Median 63 days · Range 6 days–173 days for complex requests.

Good

No Records Denial Rate

19%

16 of 84 requests denied because no responsive records were found.

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Request Volume

140 received

+141% vs prior year (58 received last year).

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Processing Cost

$70,685

$841 per request processed. Staff: 1 FTE. Fees collected: N/A.

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How to submit a request

Email

FOIA@usccr.gov

Phone

202-839-7255

Mailing address

David Ganz, General Counsel, Suite 1150
1331 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20425

FOIA page

http://www.usccr.gov/foia/index.php

Cost & staffing (2024)

Processing Cost

$70,685

Staff (FTE)

1

Fees Collected

N/A

Data from U.S. Commission on Civil Rights FOIA Annual Report, fiscal year 2024. Self-reported to the Department of Justice Office of Information Policy.