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.
It's pretty rare, so probably not worth fretting over, but IIRC sometimes multiple people will request the same document, and different words or sections will be redacted in one and preserved in the other.
This is a benefit for people who want to know what different reviewers disagree on treating as sensitive, as those could be interesting topics to research further.
