Annie Muss is working on a law review article regarding age discrimination among attorneys. As part of the article, Muss would like to compare the number of claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from 1965 to present day. Muss submits an FOIA request for a table summary and accompanying graphic of the data. In response to the request, the EEOC must compile the data as requested.

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Under FOIA, records are those materials used, prepared, or kept by government agencies that represent some transaction with the public. This does not apply to documents that the government has yet to produce. A record cannot be something that the agency would have to create solely to fulfill the FOIA request.

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