Federal Highway Administration FOIA Request Management System

This system manages Freedom of Information Act requests for the Federal Highway Administration and is used by approximately 110 Headquarters and Field users. It also supports other Department of Transportation operating administrations like FMCSA and NHTSA under separate agreements.

Use Cases

• Analyze FOIA request volumes and processing times for annual reporting to Congress as required by statute.
• Track user activity and request handling across the 110 FHWA Headquarters and Field users.
• Monitor inter-agency FOIA request management for supporting Operating Administrations like FMCSA and PHMSA.

Strengths

• System supports approximately 110 FHWA Headquarters and Field users.
• Used by multiple Department of Transportation operating administrations including FMCSA, PHMSA, OST, FTA, OIG, and NHTSA.
• Designed to meet extensive annual reporting requirements imposed by federal statute (5 USC § 552).

Limitations

• Data is presented in HTML format, which is not ideal for structured analysis.
• No column or sample data information is available to assess the specific data fields.
• The system's primary function is operational management, not public data dissemination.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transportation

Collection Method

System for managing FOIA requests and reporting.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-20.