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Project SpyLighter: Shining a light on spies
The Road To Massachusetts Public Records Reform
Blank Check: How local police fund themselves with fines and fees
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The Foilies 2023: Recognizing the worst in government transparency
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.

Get funding and assistance for document-driven projects that inform the world
Today, we’re announcing the opening of applications for round two of our Gateway Grants, offering up to $150,000 in grants between $10,000 and $50,000 to support projects that help analyze, preserve and grant access to documents that are important to an informed society.

Amanda Hickman joins MuckRock as non-profit’s first Chief Operating Officer
Amanda Hickman will join MuckRock as our first Chief Operating Officer. The newly created role will oversee the expansion of MuckRock’s unique mix of software, services and reporting as the organization helps build more informed communities around the world.

Apply for funding to help analyze, publish and preserve the world’s most important documents
Access to reliable information powers civic health and strong democracy, whether in shaping governmental response to global events or helping communities invest in a better tomorrow by understanding the impacts of budget and policy choices.
We want to fund your projects to analyze, publish and preserve the documents needed for an informed world

Release Notes: Keep an eye on your favorite agencies with DocumentCloud’s new automated scraping and alerts
Introducing DocumentCloud’s latest Add-On: A simplified scraper that, with just a few clicks, monitors the website of your choosing, automatically downloads and indexes any newly uploaded documents and then alerts you if there is something of interest. Read on for more on how it works plus other recent platform updates.
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Title | Status | Agency | Jurisdiction |
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Rejected Beer Label Applications | Awaiting Acknowledgement | U.S. Department of Treasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau | United States of America |
test fax | Withdrawn | Test Agency | United States of America |
test | Awaiting Acknowledgement | Test Agency | United States of America |
State police certification YYYY-MM-DD | Awaiting Acknowledgement | Test Agency | United States of America |
Third-Party Services Contracts (Office Of Citywide Procurement) | No Responsive Documents | Office Of Citywide Procurement | New York City, NY |