USCIS · Staffing and backlog · Request IRW-074
The NRC Director's email on fiscal year 2025 ratings and awards
This request asks for one email: the message the National Records Center Director sent to center leadership in late November 2025 about fiscal year 2025 ratings and awards. It leaves out attachments, other replies and individual performance appraisals, and asks for Track 1, USCIS's simple processing track.
Why it matters
Ratings and awards affect the pay and careers of the staff who process records requests. This email, from the head of the National Records Center to its leaders, could show what directives were given on how to assess and finalize fiscal year 2025 ratings.
ProcessingExtension invoked
23 business days since filing (33 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 Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.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 meansTimeline
- FiledSep 14, 2026
- Acknowledged by USCISSep 18, 2026
- Final responseNot yet received