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United States Trade and Development Agency
Most recent quarterly backlog
16
End of FY2025 Q4 (Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2025)
Latest annual report
15
End of FY2024 (Sept 30, 2024)
17-year change
-21%
FY2010 → FY2024 (Oct 1, 2009 – Sept 30, 2024)
Annual backlog, FY2010–FY2024
Pending requests at end of each fiscal year (Oct 1, 2009 – Sept 30, 2024). Federal fiscal year runs Oct 1 – Sept 30, named for the year it ends.
FY10: 19
FY12: 1
FY14: 10
FY16: 16
FY18: 28
FY20: 45
FY22: 50
FY24: 15
Dashed verticals mark presidential inaugurations.
Recent quarterly activity
Last 12 quarters of received, processed, and backlog. Most recent: FY2025 Q4 (Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2025).
Backlog
16
Received per quarter
12
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 | 2023-11-10 | 220 | 0.6 |
| #2 | 2023-12-09 | 203 | 0.6 |
| #3 | 2023-12-09 | 203 | 0.6 |
| #4 | 2024-03-23 | 132 | 0.4 |
| #5 | 2024-04-25 | 109 | 0.3 |
| #6 | 2024-07-26 | 46 | 0.1 |
| #7 | 2024-08-01 | 42 | 0.1 |
| #8 | 2024-09-24 | 5 | 0.0 |
| #9 | 2024-09-25 | 4 | 0.0 |
| #10 | 2024-09-26 | 3 | 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
0.6
Total FTE
0.6
Annual report history
| FY | Received | Processed | Pending end |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 85 | 83 | 15 |
| FY2023 | 39 | 80 | 14 |
| FY2022 | 21 | 16 | 50 |
| FY2021 | 19 | 10 | 54 |
| FY2020 | 25 | 8 | 45 |
| FY2019 | 19 | 19 | 28 |
| FY2018 | 22 | 19 | 28 |
| FY2017 | 30 | 20 | 26 |
| FY2016 | 24 | 30 | 16 |
| FY2015 | 18 | 6 | 22 |
| FY2014 | 32 | 24 | 10 |
| FY2013 | 13 | 12 | 2 |
| FY2012 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| FY2011 | 28 | 46 | 1 |
| FY2010 | 21 | 11 | 19 |
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