Deduping the process would be nice, but a lot of requests are for information regarding personal data (for lawsuits, tax purposes, personal reasons), and theref

Deduping the process would be nice, but a lot of requests are for information regarding personal data (for lawsuits, tax purposes, personal reasons), and therefore it would add an extra step and inevitably another approval process (so glad I quit government). This would increase latency. It might be worth it overall, but never underestimate the negative impact of an approval fetish.