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Guide to FOIA and environmental records

This MuckRock guide will explore how to use public databases to your advantage when filing environmental FOIA requests.

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What we’re requesting on the removal of government data

MuckRock is requesting documents to get the inside story of the removal of federal government data.

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Guide to using FOIA for access to law enforcement records

Find out what records you can obtain from law enforcement.

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Using FOIA for emails

Requesting emails can be extremely insightful, but also a bit of an exemptions minefield.

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Keeping local agencies accountable using DocumentCloud

The Philly Transit Riders Union used DocumentCloud’s annotation feature to highlight public documents with their members and share them with local reporters and the public.

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