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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Most recent quarterly backlog
233
End of FY2026 Q1 (Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2025)
Latest annual report
358
End of FY2024 (Sept 30, 2024)
17-year change
-4%
FY2008 → FY2024 (Oct 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2024)
Annual backlog, FY2008–FY2024
Pending requests at end of each fiscal year (Oct 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2024). Federal fiscal year runs Oct 1 – Sept 30, named for the year it ends.
FY08: 373
FY10: 368
FY12: 258
FY14: 238
FY16: 204
FY18: 373
FY20: 512
FY22: 514
FY24: 358
Dashed verticals mark presidential inaugurations.
Recent quarterly activity
Last 21 quarters of received, processed, and backlog. Most recent: FY2026 Q1 (Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2025).
Backlog
233
Received per quarter
165
Processed per quarter
102
10 oldest pending requests, end of FY2024 (Sept 30, 2024)
Days pending counts forward from the day the request was received. The longer this list runs, the more litigation-ripe the agency’s backlog.
| Rank | Date received | Days pending | Years pending |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 2017-11-08 | 1,728 | 4.7 |
| #2 | 2017-11-14 | 1,725 | 4.7 |
| #3 | 2018-04-09 | 1,626 | 4.5 |
| #4 | 2018-04-17 | 1,620 | 4.4 |
| #5 | 2018-05-01 | 1,610 | 4.4 |
| #6 | 2018-07-16 | 1,558 | 4.3 |
| #7 | 2018-07-25 | 1,551 | 4.2 |
| #8 | 2018-07-30 | 1,548 | 4.2 |
| #9 | 2018-08-06 | 1,543 | 4.2 |
| #10 | 2018-11-14 | 1,474 | 4.0 |
Exemption invocations, FY2024 (Oct 1, 2023 – Sept 30, 2024)
How often each FOIA exemption (b1–b9) was invoked when redacting or denying records. Exemption 5 (deliberative process, attorney-client) is highlighted — it’s the most-fought exemption in FOIA litigation.
FOIA staffing, FY2024 (Oct 1, 2023 – Sept 30, 2024)
Full-time employees
4
Equivalent FTE
0.8
Total FTE
4.8
Annual report history
| FY | Received | Processed | Pending end |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 783 | 701 | 358 |
| FY2023 | 601 | 844 | 274 |
| FY2022 | 459 | 521 | 514 |
| FY2021 | 596 | 548 | 591 |
| FY2020 | 460 | 506 | 512 |
| FY2019 | 505 | 316 | 563 |
| FY2018 | 554 | 440 | 373 |
| FY2017 | 664 | 617 | 260 |
| FY2016 | 702 | 697 | 204 |
| FY2015 | 715 | 770 | 199 |
| FY2014 | 1,240 | 1,249 | 238 |
| FY2013 | 1,935 | 1,946 | 247 |
| FY2012 | 2,357 | 2,452 | 258 |
| FY2011 | 2,545 | 2,560 | 353 |
| FY2010 | 3,220 | 3,195 | 368 |
| FY2009 | 3,435 | 3,465 | 343 |
| FY2008 | 3,930 | 3,837 | 373 |
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