FOIA Requests Surged In 2002
The number of Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests to federal government agencies reached a record high in 2002, according to a new report from the Justice Department Office of Information and Privacy. The total number of requests increased by seven percent over the previous year to a new high of 2,402,938. Agencies invoked 142 different nondisclosure statutes to withhold information under FOIA exemption. Personal privacy was the most frequently cited single exemption.
Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2002
U.S. Department of Justice, September 5, 2003
