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USCIS · Staffing and backlog · Request IRW-026

Staffing and budget records for FOIA work

This request asks for budget justifications, staffing reports, workforce analyses and related emails from FOIA and National Records Center leadership about the center's FOIA work in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. It includes any report or email about staff leaving or about productivity requirements for the people who process requests.

Why it matters
Shows what the agency asked for and said about its own staffing.
ProcessingExtension invoked 27 business days since filing (39 calendar days)

Figures as of Oct 17, 2026. Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.

These figures are more than 30 days old. They may not reflect what has happened since Oct 17, 2026.

Extension invoked
USCIS told the requester it would invoke the 10-working-day "unusual circumstances" extension the law allows (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B)). What an extension means

Timeline

  1. FiledSep 8, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISSep 17, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-20
Any records from OSB/MBR and FOIA senior leadership (including the USCIS FOIA Officer) and the NRC Front Office (including the National Records Center Director) regarding FOIA-program budget justifications, staffing reports, and workforce analyses for the National Records Center FOIA operations for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, including any report or email addressing processor attrition or productivity requirements.
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