FOIA Annual Reports

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Annual Report is a report that federal agencies must publish each year, as required by law under the Electronic FOIA Amendments of 1996. The annual reports include:

  • The number of requests received and processed each fiscal year
  • Reasons why the agency may not have released requested records
  • The number of appeals filed and the results
  • Fees collected
  • The number of staff and staff hours devoted to processing requests

Below are the HHS annual reports from Fiscal Year 1998 to the present:

You can also download FOIA Annual Reports Raw Data since 2016.

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