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From a very experienced FOIA litigator, most of the time your FOIA request will be denied and then you'll have to sue to get the records. Typical time for these
by kingcharles 4y ago
From a very experienced FOIA litigator, most of the time your FOIA request will be denied and then you'll have to sue to get the records. Typical time for these cases is 2-4 years of court appearances in trial court, then another 2 years in appellate court to get a favorable decision.
A buddy of mine just won one that finally set the precedent that database schemas are not security:
https://twitter.com/foiachap/status/1215388081378988039 https://twitter.com/foiachap/status/1215388081378988039
- prepend 4y agoAlso, once you finally get the zip file of source it will be a giant mess that doesn’t have build scripts, nor documentation, etc. So you’ll win, but won’t get want you want- a way to view, understand, improve, and share.
- kingcharles 4y agoOr you'll find its just a mess of hundreds of off-the-shelf components glued together, none of which the government has the source code for :( So basically you're right - you'll get an unbuildable clusterfuck.
- hyperdimension 4y agoYou might be able to use this website. I've always wanted to use it, but haven't come up with something "interesting enough" to submit a request for: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/ https://www.muckrock.com/foi/ It helps you with the process of FOIA requests, and if/when granted, hosts the responses online publicly.