The Volume and Frequency Subcommittee of the FOIA Advisory Committee is trying to learn more about FOIA professionals’ experiences managing requests through a voluntary survey found here: https://jh.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Yisezt6az4dKMC.
Responses from the survey, conducted by Committee Member Shelley Kimball, will be shared with the Committee to better understand the difficulties federal access professionals face due to the volume and frequency of public records requests. The data also will be used to help form recommendations. The survey will be open through March 20, 2026.
To be eligible to participate, respondents must be at least 18 years old, and in the past three years, worked for a federal or state government agency and responded to public records requests as part of their duties. The voluntary survey will take approximately 10 minutes or fewer to complete. Participants’ identities will not be collected, nor will their specific agency affiliations. The results of the information collected, without identifying information about participants, will be shared with the members of the FOIA Advisory Committee and published in a report that will also present potential solutions and support. Questions or concerns about this survey or the information being collected, should be sent to Shelley Kimball, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, at kimball@jhu.edu.
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