Data through Mar 31, 2026 · updated Jul 16, 2026
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Most recent quarterly backlog
181
End of FY2026 Q2 (Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026)
Latest annual report
256
End of FY2025 (Sept 30, 2025)
18-year change
+313%
FY2008 → FY2025 (Oct 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2025)

Annual backlog, FY2008–FY2025

Pending requests at end of each fiscal year (Oct 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2025). Federal fiscal year runs Oct 1 – Sept 30, named for the year it ends.

ObamaTrumpBiden
FY08: 62
FY10: 207
FY12: 36
FY14: 15
FY16: 22
FY18: 14
FY20: 29
FY22: 37
FY24: 333
FY25: 256

Dashed verticals mark presidential inaugurations.

Recent quarterly activity

Last 22 quarters of received, processed, and backlog. Most recent: FY2026 Q2 (Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026).

Backlog
181
Received per quarter
474
Processed per quarter
417

10 oldest pending requests, end of FY2025 (Sept 30, 2025)

Agencies report days pending in working days, counted from the day the request was received; the years column converts to calendar years. The longer this list runs, the more litigation-ripe the agency’s backlog.

RankDate receivedWorking days pendingYears pending
#12022-06-148243.3
#22022-06-148243.3
#32022-06-228193.3
#42022-10-317292.9
#52022-12-056882.8
#62023-01-056852.7
#72023-03-136402.6
#82023-03-136402.6
#92023-03-146392.5
#102023-03-146392.5

Exemption invocations, FY2025 (Oct 1, 2024 – Sept 30, 2025)

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.

10243446155361227(A)57(B)07(C)227(D)07(E)207(F)383990

FOIA staffing, FY2025 (Oct 1, 2024 – Sept 30, 2025)

Full-time employees
12
Equivalent FTE
10.0
Total FTE
22.0

Annual report history

FYReceivedProcessedPending end
FY20251,5361,613256
FY20241,028873333
FY2023826685178
FY202249450237
FY202131229551
FY202037136029
FY201934534118
FY201842343114
FY201744044220
FY201646548122
FY201563060640
FY201464765615
FY201373274424
FY201293194336
FY20111,2501,40948
FY20101,9872,004207
FY20092,2072,045224
FY200880778062
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