Agencies Falling Well Short

A National Security Archive survey finds agencies are falling well short of the Obama administration's order to improve response time to FOIA requests. 17 agencies are working on requests that are 120 days old. The required response time is 20 days. Some FOIA requests have been in limbo for more than a decade. The Archive's 10 Oldest FOIA Requests belong to the the Army, Air Force, CIA, Energy and State departments. At least on dates back 50 years. But there was some good news. NSA found more than half of agencies took steps to improve FOIA response.