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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Most recent quarterly backlog
—
Not in quarterly reporting
Latest annual report
27
End of FY2025 (Sept 30, 2025)
16-year change
+1250%
FY2010 → FY2025 (Oct 1, 2009 – Sept 30, 2025)
Annual backlog, FY2010–FY2025
Pending requests at end of each fiscal year (Oct 1, 2009 – Sept 30, 2025). Federal fiscal year runs Oct 1 – Sept 30, named for the year it ends.
FY10: 2
FY12: 4
FY14: 2
FY16: 3
FY18: 6
FY20: 4
FY22: 3
FY24: 33
FY25: 27
Dashed verticals mark presidential inaugurations.
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.
| Rank | Date received | Working days pending | Years pending |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 2024-12-06 | 203 | 0.8 |
| #2 | 2025-01-06 | 185 | 0.7 |
| #3 | 2025-03-19 | 136 | 0.5 |
| #4 | 2025-03-25 | 132 | 0.5 |
| #5 | 2025-03-31 | 128 | 0.5 |
| #6 | 2025-04-07 | 123 | 0.5 |
| #7 | 2025-04-09 | 121 | 0.5 |
| #8 | 2025-04-30 | 106 | 0.4 |
| #9 | 2025-07-07 | 61 | 0.2 |
| #10 | 2025-07-07 | 61 | 0.2 |
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.
FOIA staffing, FY2025 (Oct 1, 2024 – Sept 30, 2025)
Full-time employees
1
Equivalent FTE
0.3
Total FTE
1.3
Annual report history
| FY | Received | Processed | Pending end |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 78 | 84 | 27 |
| FY2024 | 123 | 116 | 33 |
| FY2023 | 99 | 76 | 26 |
| FY2022 | 45 | 47 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 43 | 42 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 29 | 29 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 30 | 32 | 4 |
| FY2018 | 39 | 44 | 6 |
| FY2017 | 42 | 34 | 11 |
| FY2016 | 36 | 38 | 3 |
| FY2015 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| FY2014 | 32 | 33 | 2 |
| FY2013 | 25 | 26 | 3 |
| FY2012 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| FY2011 | 24 | 26 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 22 | 22 | 2 |
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