Table 1 Outcomes of Freedom of Information Act requests to Department of Health and Human Services Agencies, 2008–2017^{a, b}

CMS

FOIA requests received, No.

76333 (71.4%)^*

98702 (75.2%)^*

104788 (77.4%)^*

52927 (60.6%^)*

35933 (51.9%)^*

368683 (69.6%)^*

FOIA requests processed, No.

73966 (63.3%)^*

104993 (75.0%)^*

105426 (77.3%)^*

53180 (60.8%)^*

37163 (52.5%)^*

374728 (67.9%)^*

 Fully granted, No.

60059 (81.2%)

58598 (55.8%)

64404 (61.1%)

17428 (32.8%)

8825 (23.7%)

209314 (55.9%)

 Partially granted/

partially denied, No.

118 (0.2%)

1520 (1.4%)

1678 (1.6%)

7294 (13.7%)

5895 (15.9%)

16505 (4.4%)

 Fully denied (exemptions), No.

2925 (4.0%)

13061 (12.4%)

10795 (10.2%)

11164 (21.0%)

11318 (30.5%)

49263 (13.1%)

 Fully denied (non-exemptions), No.

10864 (14.7%)

31784 (30.3%)

28549 (27.1%)

17294 (32.5%)

11125 (29.9%)

99616 (26.6%)

Backlogged requests, No.

20789^†

5494^†

3132^†

4515^†

2352^†

N/A

FDA

FOIA requests received, No.

19769 (18.5%)^*

18991 (14.5%)^*

19588 (14.5%)^*

20182 (23.1%)^*

21436 (31.0%)^*

99966 (18.9%)^*

FOIA requests processed, No.

32435 (27.7%)^*

20481 (14.6%)^*

20194 (14.8%)^*

20336 (23.2%)^*

21492 (30.4%)^*

114938 (20.8%)^*

 Fully granted, No.

19965 (61.6%)

14754 (72.0%)

14939 (74.0%)

15858 (78.0%)

16448 (76.5%)

81964 (71.3%)

 Partially granted/

partially denied, No.

226 (0.7%)

300 (1.5%)

381 (1.9%)

232 (1.1%)

161 (0.7%)

1300 (1.1%)

 Fully denied (exemptions), No.

190 (0.6%)

175 (0.9%)

353 (1.7%)

367 (1.8%)

335 (1.6%)

1420 (1.2%)

 Fully denied (non-exemptions), No.

12054 (37.2%)

5252 (25.6%)

4521 (22.4%)

3879 (19.1%)

4548 (21.2%)

30254 (26.3%)

Backlogged requests, No.

11386^†

8112^†

4909^†

4954^†

4527^†

N/A

Other HHS agencies

FOIA requests received, No.

10761 (10.1%)^*

13577 (10.3%)^*

11007 (8.1%)^*

14259 (16.3%)^*

11841 (17.1%)^*

61445 (11.6%)^*

FOIA requests processed, No.

10519 (9.0%)^*

14565 (10.4%)^*

10761 (7.9%)^*

13963 (16.0%)^*

12082 (17.1%)^*

61890 (11.2%)^*

 Fully granted, No.

3673 (34.9%)

4884 (33.5%)

3612 (33.6%)

3815 (27.3%)

3410 (28.2%)

19394 (31.3%)

 Partially granted/partially denied, No.

1591 (15.1%)

2206 (15.1%)

2050 (19.1%)

4124 (29.5%)

3045 (25.2%)

13016 (21.0%)

 Fully denied (exemptions), No.

213 (2.0%)

273 (1.9%)

352 (3.3%)

519 (3.7%)

670 (5.5%)

2027 (3.3%)

 Fully denied (non-exemptions), No.

5042 (47.9%)

7232 (49.7%)

4747 (44.1%)

5505 (39.4%)

4957 (41.0%)

27483 (44.4%)

Backlogged requests, No.

4656^†

2475^†

2798^†

3471^†

2185^†

N/A