Case Study: EPA achieves faster, lower-cost processing of 10,000+ FOIA requests annually with Relativity

Environmental Protection Agency Responds to 10,000+ FOIA Requests Per Year

The EPA, the United States Environmental Protection Agency charged with protecting human health and the environment, faced the challenge of responding to more than 10,000 FOIA requests per year and needed an easy-to-use, consistent, repeatable approach to e-discovery. To address this, the agency adopted Relativity’s e-discovery platform and assembled a centralized e-discovery workgroup to standardize FOIA processing across the organization.

By leveraging Relativity, the EPA built consistent e-discovery practices that lowered costs, reduced legal and compliance risk, and accelerated request turnaround times. Relativity’s solution enabled the agency to efficiently produce information for FOIA requests at scale, supporting the EPA’s ability to manage 10,000+ requests annually while improving speed and consistency.

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