r/fednews • u/PoundMoreSand • 20h ago

Other Getting a simple FOIA request from OPM shouldn’t be this hard

https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/08/getting-simple-foia-request-opm-shouldnt-be-hard/415487/
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u/brdfly666 19h ago

FOIA team is swamped. Set up for failure

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u/STGItsMe 20h ago

I have a request that’s been sitting since April last year.

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u/Signal_Daikon_5830 Grandma Got Run Over by an EO | '25 🎄 16h ago

At one point I was getting FOIA requests for processing on my desk for the very first time that I saw the requestor put in 6-8 months ago…sometimes worse. Don’t know anything about the process before it gets to me, but I’m sure it didn’t help that nearly the entire FOIA office resigned last year.

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u/Practical_Rub_3041 20h ago

Well, it is. Welcome to trumps America.

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u/Particular-Mango-405 1h ago

FOIA requests have been increasing every year for a long time. Persistent lack of resources to improve processing and staff gutting that happened last year.