New data added to FOIAengine

We are off to a fast start in 2025, adding 20,000 new records to the database over the past two months (including three new agencies). In just the past few weeks we have updated logs from 18 federal agencies:

1. Bureau of Labor Statistics
2. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (Interior)
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
5. Department of Defense, Secretary and Joint Staff
6. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
7. Export-Import Bank
8. Federal Communications Commission
9. Federal Trade Commission
10. Food and Drug Administration
11. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
12. National Labor Relations Board
13. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
14. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (Interior)
15. Office of the United States Trade Representative
16. Patent and Trademark Office (Commerce)
17. Securities and Exchange Commission
18. U.S. Postal Service

 Log in now to explore the data.

Data insights

Data experts John Jenkins and Randy Miller, who created FOIAengine, regularly dive deep into the data to break news and identify trends. Their recent work includes:

• Unearthing thousands of FOIA requests used by Project 2025 to target government officials for removal. The initial research found that 1,545 of Project 2025 FOIA requests targeted 401 Defense Department officials, or virtually every member of the Pentagon’s’ leadership. Read more. See all Project 2025 requests.

• Learning that labor strife at Starbucks has coincided with a huge number of FOIA requests concerning the coffee company being submitted to the National Labor Relations Board (matching troubled airline manufacturer Boeing). Those FOIA requests indicate pending media coverage and lawsuits. Read more.

• A deep dive into requests for information about GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Those drugs were collectively one of the most popular FOIA subjects in 2024. Read more.

New in FOIAengine: Organization IDs

FOIA requests are often long and they can be difficult to parse when you are trying to find something specific. To help our subscribers with that issue, we have added a new feature that identifies organizations named in a FOIA request and organizes them in a manner that helps you find exactly what you need.

Contact us to learn more. 

Do you have suggestions for making FOIAengine even better? Let us know.

Need help? Schedule a training for your organization.