Alternatively, improve the process of fulfilling FOIA requests so that it cannot be "bogged down" by someone making requests (which is a manual process).

One such improvement would be to publish all this information publicly in the first place.

The whole idea of FOIA requests is broken - it only exists to compel the government to disclose the information that they are legally required to disclose but don't feel like it unless someone takes the time to specifically request it.