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Michael Morisy

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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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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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Get funding and assistance for document-driven projects that inform the world

Get funding and assistance for document-driven projects that inform the world

by Michael Morisy
February 15, 2023

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.

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Amanda Hickman joins MuckRock as non-profit’s first Chief Operating Officer

Amanda Hickman joins MuckRock as non-profit’s first Chief Operating Officer

by Michael Morisy
October 18, 2022

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.

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Apply for funding to help analyze, publish and preserve the world's most important documents

Apply for funding to help analyze, publish and preserve the world’s most important documents

by Michael Morisy
July 13, 2022

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

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Release Notes: Keep an eye on your favorite agencies with DocumentCloud’s new automated scraping and alerts

Release Notes: Keep an eye on your favorite agencies with DocumentCloud’s new automated scraping and alerts

by Michael Morisy
May 24, 2022

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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Latest Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
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

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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