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Have you found a concise portal / wiki for FOIA resources, information, and tools? I would always find myself tripping on local laws or strange requirements fro
by and0 9y ago
Have you found a concise portal / wiki for FOIA resources, information, and tools? I would always find myself tripping on local laws or strange requirements from individual agencies.
I remember when the FBI said they would close the electronic portal down and only allow fax, seemingly just to add another hurdle. I started looking into plugging a web interface into a cloud faxing service that would let people submit just as easily, but they reverted the rules under pressure.
(If I remember correctly, they still only allow electronic submissions during a certain set of "business hours", even though it's just a webform that probably pops your request into a database / email anyway. Truly a head-scratcher.)
- toomuchtodo 9y agohttps://www.muckrock.com https://www.muckrock.com
- bpchaps 9y agoMuckrock as another poster mentioned, but they're not as comprehensive as I'd hope and their business model kind of ironically paywalls information. A good strategy I've used is to read similar requests beforehand. It's a great way to see what's possible. Reporter's Committee for the Freedom of Press wrote a guide for every state which I use as a great goto: https://www.rcfp.org/open-government-guide https://www.rcfp.org/open-government-guide I've been compiling this for a bit for my own notes, which you might also find helpful. "PRs" welcome :) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pdFYkO5QRMi0w2HeCwWmYopQnl2tP4HH--WkieFBCKY https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pdFYkO5QRMi0w2HeCwWm...