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Projects See all

Project SpyLighter: Shining a light on spies

Project SpyLighter launched unofficially with the September 16, 2013 responsive documents on a FOIA of Vupen's contract with the NSA.

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The Road To Massachusetts Public Records Reform

In 2015, the Massachusetts legislature seriously took on the issue of reforming its woefully inadequate public records laws for the first time since the early '70s. But change does not come easily to the Commonwealth, and open gov advocates found themselves faced with an up(Beacon)battle over even the mildest of fixes.

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Blank Check: How local police fund themselves with fines and fees

For almost every city around America, fines and fees are a useful law enforcement tool, offering a way to punish everyday infractions without the immediate threat of jail or a permanent mark on a criminal record. But what happens when governments stop thinking of fines as a deterrent, but as a crucial source of funding? How does it change policing when the goal is neither to serve and protect, but to ensure that the budget doesn't take a hit? The Sunlight Foundation and MuckRock are partnering to find out.

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FFDW and MuckRock collaborate to bring DocumentCloud to the decentralized web

FFDW and MuckRock collaborate to bring DocumentCloud to the decentralized web

by Michael Morisy
May 04, 2022

Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) has announced a major award to MuckRock, furthering our vision of being the public’s engine for understanding our world. FFDW and MuckRock are teaming up to integrate decentralized storage technology for DocumentCloud, our open source platform that currently hosts over 8 million verified documents. This collaboration will also expand our leading accountability and transparency tools to support a much wider range of use cases.

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Explore redaction X-rays, decentralized storage, archive n-grams and more new Add-Ons

Explore redaction X-rays, decentralized storage, archive n-grams and more new Add-Ons

by Michael Morisy
May 04, 2022

We’ve launched a range of new features integrated into DocumentCloud, plus an opportunity to join us to help build even more key transparency tools going forward.

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A MuckRocker’s guide to requesting public records with the public

A MuckRocker’s guide to requesting public records with the public

by Michael Morisy
April 27, 2022

FOIA can be a tricky process, but you don’t need to go at it alone. Here are some of our favorite tips, tricks and examples of opening up the public records process, whether it’s hosting an event to train others or building a larger records campaign that works to get more people involved. The benefits: More transparency, more documents and stronger laws that work better for all requesters.

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Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency

Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency

by Beryl Lipton, Dave Maass, Michael Morisy, Aaron Mackey, Matthew Guariglia, Betsy Ladyzhets, Derek Kravitz, 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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DocumentCloud Add-Ons: Automate data extraction, alerts, ingestion, and much more with our simple, open source plugin system

DocumentCloud Add-Ons: Automate data extraction, alerts, ingestion, and much more with our simple, open source plugin system

by Michael Morisy
March 05, 2022

Today, we’re launching Add-Ons, which makes it easier to launch, maintain, and share new capabilities right within DocumentCloud, ranging from exporting notes to applying machine learning techniques.

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Latest Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Third-Party Services Contracts (Office Of Citywide Procurement) No Responsive Documents Office Of Citywide Procurement New York City, NY
Third-Party Services Contracts (Department of Finance and Administrative Services) Payment Required Department of Finance and Administrative Services Seattle, WA
Third-Party Services Contracts (Finance) Fix Required Finance and Administration Department Jacksonville, FL
Third-Party Services Contracts (Procurement Services) Fix Required Procurement Services Chicago, IL
Third-Party Services Contracts (Los Angeles City Clerk) Fix Required Los Angeles City Clerk Los Angeles, CA

Recently Completed Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Trump Transition Briefing Materials (Department of Housing and Urban Development) Completed Department of Housing and Urban Development United States of America
Trump Inauguration Estimates & Communications Completed National Park Service United States of America
Treasury Records Management Self-Assessment (RMSA) Reports Completed National Archives and Records Administration United States of America
Super Bowl XLIX FCC Complaints Completed Federal Communications Commission United States of America
State Police Privacy Protection and Social Media Policies Completed Massachusetts State Police Massachusetts

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