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When your request is received by the appropriate office, it will be given a processing number. At that time, the FOIA officer will determine whether your request is "perfected," meaning that the request addresses and complies with the EAC’s requirements under the FOIA. The EAC will send an acknowledgement providing you with the processing or reference number.
Ordinarily, the EAC has 20 workdays from the date of receipt to respond to your request. If you have not received a response within 20 workdays or 30 workdays if an extension has been taken (be sure to allow for mailing time), you may contact the EAC FOIA Office to ask about the delay. You should contact the person listed in the acknowledgement letter as the point of contact for your request to check the status.
Please note these time limits do not apply to requests for expedited processing.
The 20 workday time limit begins to run when a request complying with the procedures in 11 CFR §§ 9405.7, is received by the FOIA contact at the office that has the records you are seeking and all issues regarding fees and the scope of your request are resolved.