MuckRock has lost a beloved user, a mentor, and friend, and the world has lost one of its great spirits with the death of Aaron Swartz. He had the audacious beliefs that people should be able to read the laws that governed them, that a government by the people and for the people should be held accountable to the people, and that a robust public commons was a right, and not a privilege to be revoked.

Today, in memory of Internet pioneer and transparency activist Aaron Swartz, MuckRock will help publicly file your requests free of charge: Pick an agency, a topic, and if you have a memory of Aaron, please include that.