United States of America

United States of America Public Records Guide

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

5 U.S. Code § 552

Stats

Request Record
36513 Filed
10187 Completed
4223 Rejected
7425 No Responsive Documents
1152 Awaiting Acknowledgement
5982 Awaiting Response
3532 Requiring Action
6923 Overdue
Appeals
634 appeals awaiting response
Allowed Response Time
20 days
Average Response Time
252 days
Success Rate
26.09%
Average Fee
$3466965.35
1.57% of requests have a fee

Top Agencies See All

Agency Requests Pages Released
Federal Bureau of Investigation 8,008 601,423
Central Intelligence Agency 1,904 41,986
Department of Homeland Security 923 33,299
U.S. Department of State 921 28,046
National Security Agency 830 9,749
Immigration and Customs Enforcement 703 17,069
Drug Enforcement Administration 670 15,208
United States Customs and Border Protection 565 7,744
Federal Communications Commission 552 30,531
Department of Interior, Office of the Secretary 536 47,291

Top Localities See All

Jurisdiction Requests Pages Released
New York 2,337 261,226
Massachusetts 1,985 1,445,505
California 1,550 91,741
Florida 1,038 61,501
Texas 1,024 55,650
Virginia 734 14,185
Georgia 624 223,887
Washington 612 143,086
Illinois 600 32,734
Minnesota 579 12,211