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Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Most recent quarterly backlog
—
Not in quarterly reporting
Latest annual report
11
End of FY2019 (Sept 30, 2019)
12-year change
+1100%
FY2008 → FY2019 (Oct 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2019)
Annual backlog, FY2008–FY2019
Pending requests at end of each fiscal year (Oct 1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2019). Federal fiscal year runs Oct 1 – Sept 30, named for the year it ends.
FY08: 0
FY10: 2
FY12: 3
FY14: 5
FY16: 9
FY18: 12
FY19: 11
Dashed verticals mark presidential inaugurations.
10 oldest pending requests, end of FY2019 (Sept 30, 2019)
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 | 2018-11-27 | 200 | 0.8 |
| #2 | 2019-02-14 | 155 | 0.6 |
| #3 | 2019-03-18 | 137 | 0.5 |
| #4 | 2019-06-12 | 76 | 0.3 |
| #5 | 2019-05-13 | 30 | 0.4 |
| #6 | 2019-08-21 | 27 | 0.1 |
| #7 | 2019-08-29 | 21 | 0.1 |
| #8 | 2019-09-11 | 11 | 0.1 |
| #9 | 2019-09-20 | 6 | 0.0 |
| #10 | 2019-09-26 | 2 | 0.0 |
Exemption invocations, FY2019 (Oct 1, 2018 – Sept 30, 2019)
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, FY2019 (Oct 1, 2018 – Sept 30, 2019)
Full-time employees
1
Equivalent FTE
0.8
Total FTE
1.8
Annual report history
| FY | Received | Processed | Pending end |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 64 | 65 | 11 |
| FY2018 | 59 | 53 | 12 |
| FY2017 | 56 | 59 | 6 |
| FY2016 | 52 | 52 | 9 |
| FY2015 | 40 | 36 | 9 |
| FY2014 | 49 | 46 | 5 |
| FY2013 | 29 | 30 | 2 |
| FY2012 | 43 | 40 | 3 |
| FY2011 | 45 | 47 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 44 | 43 | 2 |
| FY2009 | 38 | 37 | 1 |
| FY2008 | 45 | 50 | 0 |
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