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Surface Transportation Board
Most recent quarterly backlog
1
End of FY2026 Q2 (Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026)
Latest annual report
3
End of FY2024 (Sept 30, 2024)
17-year change
+200%
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: 1
FY10: 1
FY12: 0
FY14: 0
FY16: 1
FY18: 1
FY20: 0
FY22: 6
FY24: 3
Dashed verticals mark presidential inaugurations.
Recent quarterly activity
Last 19 quarters of received, processed, and backlog. Most recent: FY2026 Q2 (Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026).
Backlog
1
Received per quarter
9
Processed per quarter
7
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 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #2 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #3 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #4 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #5 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #6 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #7 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #8 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #9 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
| #10 | — | 0 | 0.0 |
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
0
Equivalent FTE
0.3
Total FTE
0.3
Annual report history
| FY | Received | Processed | Pending end |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 89 | 99 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 116 | 109 | 13 |
| FY2022 | 90 | 89 | 6 |
| FY2021 | 48 | 42 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 42 | 41 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 51 | 52 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 35 | 34 | 1 |
| FY2015 | 65 | 65 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 34 | 36 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 34 | 32 | 2 |
| FY2012 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 38 | 39 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| FY2009 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| FY2008 | 24 | 24 | 1 |
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