The 1967 FOIA law requires federal agencies to respond to FOIAs within 20 days unless “unusual circumstances” exist that prevent a timely release. Circumstances that might warrant an extended release schedule include: Instances where response records must be searched for and collected from an entity other than the office processing the request, situations involving “voluminous” amounts of records that must be compiled, and instances requiring consultation with another federal agency that has a substantial interest in the information.And according to your link, it won't change....the 500 a month, per customer requesting FOIA information is normal procedure so that all customers filing FOIAs have the same access to govt information. This dept has 7 employees, plus 2 trainees, to service the entire nation's FOIA requests.
THESE so called renowned scientists that the Daily Caller claims to have to analyze all the info, need to narrow down their request, they need to prioritize what they need to determine the vaccines safety.
While it's true that they only have 10 employees assigned to FOIA releases, they also have 18,000 employees and budget of $6 billion, they should be able to handle it. Why? Well, between 2008 and 2017, the agency processed 114,938 FOIA requests, of which it granted 72.4%, either fully or partially. Of those, 39.8% were designated as “complex,” and 81.5% of these complex FOIA requests were granted in 61 days or more. Considering these historical statistics, a backlog of 400 FOIA requests they claim to have, doesn’t really appear excessively burdensome.