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If actually implemented, I could foresee this automation drastically helping journalism. Right now, FOIA requests require the requester to pay for the cost of
by linkregister 10y ago
If actually implemented, I could foresee this automation drastically helping journalism. Right now, FOIA requests require the requester to pay for the cost of research and redaction. Potentially one of these costs is going to drop. Also, automated redaction would improve the time it takes to fulfill FOIA requests.
Redaction isn't actually a difficult task, just tedious. The redactor (?) has a copy of the classification guide for that topic, and redacts anything from the document that hasn't exceeded its declassification time limit according to the guide.
- bpchaps 10y agoI've submitted maybe 75 FOIA requests without a journalist exemption of any kind in the past two years and haven't had to pay a cent. Submit some damn FOIA requests!
- linkregister 10y agoThat's awesome! I think I'll submit some this weekend!
- bpchaps 10y agoKick butt! Shoot me an email at the address on my user page if you ever need any help or just want to share experiences as you go along. :)