Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?

Filing Freedom of Information Act requests has become an increasingly difficult and chaotic process at agencies like OPM following staff cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in early 2025. This reduction in information specialists has caused massive backlogs, with the average processing time for simple requests more than doubling. The author notes that routine document requests now involve navigating abandoned email inboxes and changing web portals.