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Review a Federal FOIA Delivery Against the Request You Sent
A federal FOIA delivery can arrive with a missing date range, format, or attachment; receipt is not the same as checking it against the request you sent.
Compare your federal FOIA request labels with received files, formats, date ranges, and redaction notes; create a neutral follow-up checklist without judging legal compliance.
What changes the result: the scope in your own request, file labels received, and the agency's response letter.
Privacy: Calculations run in this browser tab. This tool has no input-upload, account, or AI endpoint. The site may send a page-view signal to Cloudflare; this tool does not add form entries to that signal. A draft is stored only if you choose “Save draft on this device”; that browser storage is not encrypted. Avoid identifiers or sensitive details, and delete saved drafts when finished.
Your entries
The starting rows below are fictional examples. Edit them, replace them with non-sensitive labels and values, or load the sample again. The result is not advice or a source verification.
Amount fields use the same units you enter; the app does not choose a currency. Dates are the ones you provide. Up to 100 rows per run.
Calculated output
What the calculation does
Count open and received entries separately from verified entries. Missing source labels remain visible. The app cannot decide whether an agency, school, provider, or contract has received enough documentation.
Question to keep open: Should a response be marked reviewed when files arrive or only after checking their labels against the request scope?
Boundary: FOIA applies to federal agencies; state and local open-records laws differ. This comparison does not determine completeness, exemptions, appeal rights, or legal adequacy; ask the relevant agency or a qualified advocate.
Copy includes the headline, aggregate metrics, and boundary—not the row-by-row input. The CSV contains entries you choose to download. Review it before sharing.