“DHS was able to make enormous strides in significantly reducing the backlog despite the fact that DHS consistently receives the largest number of FOIA requests of any federal department or agency in each fiscal year. DHS accounts for almost 40 percent of all FOIA requests received by the Federal Government. In fiscal year 2015, DHS received 281,138 FOIA requests and processed 348,878, a 32 percent increase over the 238,003 processed in fiscal year 2014. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reduced its FOIA backlog from 56,683 pending requests at the end of fiscal year 2014 to 555 requests at the end of fiscal year 2015, a more than 99 percent reduction. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, reduced its FOIA backlog from 34,308 pending requests at the end of fiscal year 2014 to 9,208 requests at the end of fiscal year 2015, a 73 percent reduction…”