| Key Federal Agencies Flub Response to Basic FOIA Request |
| (24 Apr 2015)
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse sent 21 federal agencies identical FOIA requests on Jan.
22nd and 23rd.
Sixty-five business days later, only seven agencies have provided usable data in response to the request. One agency, the CIA, denied the request, which is for basic records that track the processing of the FOIA requests the agency receives. Most of the other agencies -- including the Justice Department's Office of Information Policy, which is charged with encouraging compliance with FOIA -- have essentially failed to respond to the request at all. A new report released today by TRAC's FOIA Project details and rates each agency's response to the FOIA request. To read the full report, which includes a chart ranking the agencies, go to: http://foiaproject.org/2015/04/24/agencies-rated/For questions about this report, contact: Greg Munno at 315.443.3613 or gjmunno@syr.edu To keep up with the FOIA Project, follow us on Twitter @foiaproject or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/foiaprojectTo keep up with TRAC, follow us on Twitter @tracreports or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tracreportsThe FOIA Project is administered by TRAC, a self-supporting independent research center that depends on foundation grants, individual contributions and subscription fees for the funding needed to obtain, analyze and publish the data we collect on the activities of the US Federal government. To help support TRAC's ongoing efforts, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/sponsor/ |
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