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56% of all FOIA requests where responsive records were processed. This constitutes more
than a 6% increase over the previous year from October 2008 through September 2009.
It also marks the first increase in full FOIA disclosures in the past ten years. Full releases
among all agencies with Chief Financial Officers (“CFO Act agencies”) likewise increased
significantly over the last year. Several departments have made especially great strides.
For example, the USDA increased its full releases by 90%.HUD increased its full releases
by 85%. DOJ increased its full releases by 21%. DOE increased its full releases by 21%.
The Department of Defense increased its full releases by 12%. The State Department
increased its full releases by over 200%.” 19 These are certainly significant improvements!
Digital technology is also changing the way the IRS does business. According to the IRS
website, “Individuals e-filed a record 95 million federal income tax returns during 2009,
up almost 6 percent… About two out of three taxpayers e-filed this year; out of the 141
million returns filed… over 67 percent were e-filed, compared to 59 percent last year.” 20
Table 3: Individual e-filing 2000-2009 21
Table 4: Paper Versus E-Filed Corporate Returns Processing Years (PY) 2005–2009 22
19 See Status Report, Reference [4], p.9.
20 IRS. Two out of three individuals now using IRS e-file. November 2, 2009. Retrieved January 5,
2012: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=214853,00.html
21 Id.