Appendix A (The Freedom of Information Act Ombudsman 2025 Report for Fiscal Year 2024)
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) 2024.
The total number of OGIS cases does not equal the total number of cases OGIS handled in FY 2024 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 2024 |
No. of times requesters sought assistance from the Agency FOIA Public Liaison in FY 2024* |
---|---|---|
Department of Homeland Security |
1,453 |
45,393** |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
687 |
4,029 |
Department of Justice |
676 |
110,748 |
Department of Defense |
260 |
3,000 |
Department of Health and Human Services |
165 |
2,141 |
Department of State |
116 |
1,241 |
Department of the Treasury |
73 |
1,798 |
Department of the Interior |
70 |
113 |
Department of Labor |
47 |
476 |
Department of Transportation |
36 |
600 |
Department of Commerce |
30 |
60 |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
25 |
5 |
Department of Agriculture |
24 |
25 |
Department of Education |
12 |
195 |
Department of Energy |
9 |
98 |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
69 |
308 |
Central Intelligence Agency |
52 |
0 |
U.S. Postal Service |
41 |
520 |
Environmental Protection Agency |
15 |
900 |
Social Security Administration |
102 |
12,792 |
National Archives and Records Administration |
99 |
1,039 |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
37 |
10 |
Small Business Administration |
35 |
2,600 |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
16 |
19 |
Federal Trade Commission |
10 |
200 |
Office of Personnel Management |
9 |
50 |
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau |
8 |
8,560 |
General Services Administration |
7 |
225 |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
7 |
5 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
6 |
29 |
National Transportation Safety Board |
6 |
0 |
National Science Foundation |
5 |
3 |
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
4 |
20 |
Office of Special Counsel |
4 |
10 |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
4 |
4 |
Merit Systems Protection Board |
4 |
0 |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
4 |
5 |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
2 |
120 |
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
2 |
20 |
Farm Credit Administration |
2 |
2 |
Federal Housing Finance Agency |
2 |
2 |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
2 |
1 |
Office of Management and Budget |
2 |
0 |
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board |
2 |
Unknown |
National Labor Relations Board |
1 |
75 |
Federal Communications Commission |
1 |
30 |
Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency |
1 |
10 |
Amtrak |
1 |
20 |
Peace Corps |
1 |
1 |
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights |
1 |
0 |
Armed Forces Retirement Home |
1 |
n/a |
Executive Office of the President |
1 |
n/a |
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service |
1 |
n/a |
National Capital Planning Commission |
1 |
n/a |
Office of National Drug Control Policy |
1 |
n/a |
U.S. Election Assistance Commission |
1 |
n/a |
U.S. International Trade Commission |
1 |
n/a |
Marine Mammal Commission |
0 |
Unknown |
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled |
0 |
0 |
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board |
0 |
1 |
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency |
0 |
7 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
0 |
20 |
Council on Environmental Quality |
0 |
20 |
National Endowment for the Arts |
0 |
0 |
Export-Import Bank of the U.S. |
0 |
15 |
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission |
0 |
6 |
United States International Boundary and Water Commission |
0 |
0 |
U.S. Agency for Global Media |
0 |
9 |
Office of Government Ethics |
0 |
7 |
Surface Transportation Board |
0 |
0 |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
0 |
4 |
National Credit Union Administration |
0 |
4 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
0 |
2 |
Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) |
0 |
0 |
Federal Election Commission |
0 |
0 |
Federal Labor Relations Authority |
0 |
2 |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission |
0 |
0 |
Millennium Challenge Corporation |
0 |
0 |
National Indian Gaming Commission |
0 |
0 |
Office of United States Trade Representative |
0 |
60 |
Postal Regulatory Commission |
0 |
0 |
U.S. Railroad Retirement Board |
0 |
0 |
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 |
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
0 |
n/a |
Denali Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation |
0 |
n/a |
Federal Maritime Commission |
0 |
n/a |
Federal Open Market Committee |
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 |
Morris K. Udall Foundation |
0 |
n/a |
National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service |
0 |
n/a |
National Council on Disability |
0 |
n/a |
National Endowment for the Humanities |
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 |
Office of Special Counsel |
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 2025 Chief FOIA Officer Reports. N/A means that the agency processed 50 or fewer requests in FY 2024 and this was not required to report on requesters seeking assistance from the FOIA Public Liaison. (See Guidelines for 2025 Chief FOIA Officer Reports.)
**Preliminary number provided by the agency to OGIS.