April 2022, Columbia Journalism School
Shocking FOIA request delays
Data of completed from over 13,000 FOIA requests made to US Agencies across the country, show that some
agencies are taking as long as 9 years to complete legal requests submitted to those agencies. Analysis
of requests submitted between 2018 to 2022 shows that out of some 39,100 over the period show 13,000
were completed, but not all completions were in good time, with some taking as long at 9 years.
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