Appendix A (The Freedom of Information Act Ombudsman 2024 Report for Fiscal Year 2023)
FOIA requires OGIS to report “the number of times each agency engaged in dispute resolution with the assistance of [OGIS] or the FOIA Public Liaison,” 5 U.S.C. §552(h)(4)(A)(ii)(II). The chart below provides that information for fiscal year (FY) 2023.
The total number of OGIS cases does not equal the total number of cases OGIS handled in FY 2023 because some cases involved multiple agencies or requests. In other cases, mostly involving telephone calls, the name of the agency was not relevant to the issue, and OGIS did not note the agency name.
Department/Agency |
No. of OGIS Cases in FY 2023 |
No. of times requesters sought assistance from the Agency FOIA Public Liaison in FY 2023* |
---|---|---|
Department of Homeland Security |
1,083 |
51,312 |
Department of Justice |
690 |
2,384 |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
404 |
>500 |
Department of Defense |
255 |
>2,000 |
Department of Health and Human Services |
130 |
1619 |
Department of State |
117 |
935 |
Department of the Interior |
70 |
135 |
Department of the Treasury |
55 |
1570 |
Department of Transportation |
34 |
115 |
Department of Labor |
30 |
592 |
Department of Agriculture |
22 |
30 |
Department of Commerce |
20 |
40 |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
19 |
5 |
Department of Energy |
11 |
56 |
Department of Education |
11 |
210 |
Social Security Administration |
135 |
9,175 |
National Archives and Records Administration |
111 |
>530 |
U.S. Postal Service |
64 |
780 |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
54 |
141 |
Small Business Administration |
49 |
1800 |
Central Intelligence Agency |
45 |
0 |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
43 |
<=10 |
Environmental Protection Agency |
19 |
362 |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
9 |
12 |
Office of Personnel Management |
8 |
50 |
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
7 |
107 |
General Services Administration |
7 |
225 |
Executive Office of the President: Office of Management and Budget |
7 |
0 |
Federal Trade Commission |
5 |
200 |
Merit Systems Protection Board |
5 |
<5 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
4 |
4 |
Amtrak |
3 |
100 |
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
3 |
30 |
Federal Communications Commission |
3 |
35 |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
3 |
100 |
National Transportation Safety Board |
3 |
0 |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
3 |
45 |
Peace Corps |
3 |
0 |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
3 |
<5 |
Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency |
2 |
10 |
Federal Housing Finance Agency |
2 |
0 |
Selective Service System |
2 |
n/a |
Armed Forces Retirement Home |
1 |
n/a |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
1 |
n/a |
Executive Office of the President: Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) |
1 |
n/a |
Farm Credit Administration |
1 |
n/a |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
1 |
15 |
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council |
1 |
n/a |
National Credit Union Administration |
1 |
3 |
National Mediation Board |
1 |
n/a |
National Science Foundation |
1 |
0 |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
1 |
7 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
1 |
1 |
U.S. International Trade Commission |
0 |
0 |
U.S. Copyright Office |
0 |
0 |
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
0 |
50 |
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights |
0 |
0 |
U.S. Agency for Global Media |
0 |
12 |
Railroad Retirement Board |
0 |
0 |
Office of Government Ethics |
0 |
30 |
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission |
0 |
4 |
National Labor Relations Board |
0 |
75 |
Federal Labor Relations Authority |
0 |
2 |
Executive Office of the President: Council on Environmental Quality |
0 |
15 |
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency |
0 |
4 |
Federal Election Commission |
0 |
0 |
U.S. Election Assistance Commission |
0 |
48 |
Export-Import Bank |
0 |
10 |
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
0 |
4 |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission |
0 |
1 |
Executive Office of the President: Office of Science and Technology Policy |
0 |
0 |
Surface Transportation Board |
0 |
0 |
Executive Office of the President: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative |
0 |
70 |
Corporation for National and Community Service |
0 |
n/a |
National Endowment for the Arts |
0 |
n/a |
National Indian Gaming Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Office of Special Counsel |
0 |
<5 |
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board |
0 |
1 |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation |
0 |
n/a |
Administrative Conference of the United States |
0 |
n/a |
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |
0 |
n/a |
American Battle Monuments Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Appraisal Subcommittee |
0 |
n/a |
Commission of Fine Arts |
0 |
n/a |
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled |
0 |
n/a |
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
0 |
n/a |
Denali Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Executive Office of the President: Office of National Drug Control Policy |
0 |
n/a |
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation |
0 |
n/a |
Federal Maritime Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Federal Open Market Committee |
0 |
n/a |
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board |
0 |
n/a |
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council |
0 |
n/a |
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation |
0 |
n/a |
Institute of Museum and Library Services |
0 |
n/a |
Inter-American Foundation |
0 |
n/a |
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation |
0 |
n/a |
Legal Services Corporation |
0 |
n/a |
Marine Mammal Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Millennium Challenge Corporation |
0 |
n/a |
Morris K. Udall Foundation |
0 |
n/a |
National Capital Planning Commission |
0 |
n/a |
National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service |
0 |
n/a |
National Council on Disability |
0 |
n/a |
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation |
0 |
n/a |
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board |
0 |
n/a |
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation |
0 |
n/a |
Postal Regulatory Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Presidio Trust |
0 |
n/a |
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board |
0 |
n/a |
Social Security Advisory Board |
0 |
n/a |
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. AbilityOne Commission |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. Access Board |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. African Development Foundation |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's National Heritage Abroad |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. Institute of Peace |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission |
0 |
n/a |
U.S. Trade and Development Agency |
0 |
n/a |
*From 2024 Chief FOIA Officer Reports. N/A means that the agency processed 50 or fewer requests in FY 2022 and this was not required to report on requesters seeking assistance from the FOIA Public Liaison. (See Guidelines for 2024 Chief FOIA Officer Reports.)