Agencies have one year to respond to a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request, compared with 20 working days for an initial FOIA response (with up to 10 additional working days allowed in unusual circumstances).
Notes on verification
Confirmed by federal regulation (32 CFR 2001.33), DOJ guidance, and independent FOIA advocacy organizations (National Security Archive, FOIA.Wiki), all consistently citing the same timeframes. [tier=gold indep_score=0.707 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Using FOIA to Access Intelligence Community Records (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-32/subtitle-B/chapter-XX/part-2001/subpart-D/section-2001.33 (corroboration)
- https://foia.wiki/wiki/Mandatory_Declassification_Review (corroboration)
- https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/foia/foia_guide/foia_guide_chapter4.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.doioig.gov/complaints-requests/foia/processing-foia-request (corroboration)
- https://www.justice.gov/archives/open/responding-requests (corroboration)