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I'm not sure what corporations you're regularly interacting with, but the government is one of the most open bureaucracies I have to deal with. In principle, vi
by AlotOfReading 5y ago
I'm not sure what corporations you're regularly interacting with, but the government is one of the most open bureaucracies I have to deal with. In principle, virtually anything that isn't national security or personal information can be FOIA'd for a nominal fee. If you don't like the treatment, there's usually a variety of processes to appeal or shortcut the bureaucracy, ranging from paperwork to senators.
Compare to Google, where the only way to get a rationale seems to be complaining about it on HN and hoping the PM responds and the only semi-effective feedback mechanism is massive public outcry.
- octoberfranklin 5y ago> virtually anything that isn't national security So basically the unimportant stuff. Like historical employee cafeteria menus and janitorial schedules. Gee, great.
- otterley 5y agoThat’s not true at all. A significant amount of deep journalistic reporting is based on information provided by the government in response to FOIA requests.
- encryptluks2 5y agoUnless you want to listen to Presidential phone calls to other world oligarchs.