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Beryl Lipton

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Member of University of Nevada, Reno Spring 2022

Member of University of Nevada, Reno - Spring 2023

Projects See all

Deregulation Task Force

President Trump has ordered agencies to set up task forces for the elimination of federal regulations. Who will be making these decisions?

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Experiments in Execution: The Death Penalty Project

Tracking the policies and procedures that dictate how people are put to death in the United States.

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Retention Policies Close to Home

Help us learn how your local agencies are retaining their records, including emails, text message, and other developing communication methods.

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The Foilies 2023: Recognizing the worst in government transparency

The Foilies 2023: Recognizing the worst in government transparency

by Derek Kravitz, Dillon Bergin, Michael Morisy, Beryl Lipton, Mukund Rathi, Aaron Mackey, Dave Maass
March 12, 2023

It seems like these days, everyone is finding classified documents in places they shouldn’t be: their homes, their offices, their storage lockers, their garages, their guitar cases, between the cracks of their couches, under some withered celery in the vegetable drawer … OK, we’re exaggerating—but it is getting ridiculous. Read on for some of the worst of the worst in 2022 transparency stories.

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Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency

Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency

by Derek Kravitz, Beryl Lipton, Dave Maass, Michael Morisy, Aaron Mackey, Matthew Guariglia, Betsy Ladyzhets, Dillon Bergin, Mukund Rathi
March 14, 2022

Each year during Sunshine Week (March 13-19), The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek “awards” for government agencies and assorted institutions that stand in the way of access to information. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state-level public records requests from journalists and transparency advocates across the United States and beyond. Here are this year’s “winners.”

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The Foilies 2021: Recognizing the Year's Worst in Government Transparency

The Foilies 2021: Recognizing the Year’s Worst in Government Transparency

by Beryl Lipton, Naomi Gilens, Michael Morisy, Aaron Mackey, Dave Maass
March 15, 2021

Since 2015, The Foilies have served as an annual opportunity to name-and-shame the uncoolest government agencies and officials who have stood in the way of public access. We collect the most outrageous and ridiculous stories from around the country from journalists, activists, academics, and everyday folk who have filed public records and experienced retaliation, over-redactions, exorbitant fees, and other transparency malpractice.

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Six months after the repeal of 50-a, NY police continue to combat the release of disciplinary records

Six months after the repeal of 50-a, NY police continue to combat the release of disciplinary records

by Beryl Lipton, Jon Campbell
December 22, 2020

MuckRock has partnered with the USA TODAY Network New York, the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information and Syracuse University journalism students to file more than 600 records requests with more than 400 police agencies in hopes of creating a searchable, first-of-its-kind database with disciplinary records from across the state.

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The repeal of New York’s 50-a could be a boon to defense attorneys

The repeal of New York’s 50-a could be a boon to defense attorneys

by Beryl Lipton
December 15, 2020

Though there are still many open questions about the effect of 50-a’s repeal on problematic police officer transparency, it’s a development that highlights the value access can have for the integrity of the criminal justice system.

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Latest Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Police department misconduct allegations and disciplinary proceedings Awaiting Response White Plains Department of Public Safety White Plains, NY
Police department misconduct allegations and disciplinary proceedings Awaiting Response Brighton Town Police Department Brighton, NY
Bark alerts No Responsive Documents Marion Police Department Marion, TX
Bark alerts No Responsive Documents Galena Park Police Department Galena Park, TX
Gaggle alerts Completed Abilene Texas Police Department Abilene, TX

Recently Completed Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Communication Services Contracts - North Carolina - May 2019 (Forsyth County Sheriff) Completed Forsyth County Sheriff Forsyth County, NC
Water system privatization - FWW (100) (City of Corpus Christi Water Department) Completed City of Corpus Christi Water Department Corpus Christi, TX
Policies, protocols, paperwork re: inmate labor/work assignments at private prisons (Department of Corrections) Completed Department of Corrections Montana
Communication Services Contract - Illinois - 2018 (McLean County Sheriff) Completed McLean County Sheriff Mclean County, IL
2018 Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge - Application, Agreement, and Award Use. (Town of Cary) Completed Town of Cary Cary, NC

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