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USCIS · Staffing and backlog · Request IRW-043

Leadership "pulse check" meetings with supervisors, 2026

This request asks for agendas, attendee lists, notes and summaries of "pulse check" meetings between senior leaders of the National Records Center (the USCIS office that handles most records requests) and first-line supervisors, from February 1, 2026 to the present.

Why it matters
The records would show what leadership asked of the supervisors who run day-to-day work.
ProcessingExtension invoked 27 business days since filing (39 calendar days)

Figures as of Oct 17, 2026. Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.

These figures are more than 30 days old. They may not reflect what has happened since Oct 17, 2026.

Extension invoked
USCIS told the requester it would invoke the 10-working-day "unusual circumstances" extension the law allows (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B)). What an extension means

Timeline

  1. FiledSep 8, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISOct 7, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-35
Agendas, attendee lists, notes, and summaries for the 'pulse check' meetings between National Records Center senior leadership (Director, Deputy Director, Chief of Staff) and first-line supervisors, February 1, 2026 through present.
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