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As Georgia reopens and braces for an increase in COVID-19 cases, state relies on corporate donations and PPE orders go unfilled
As more industries begin to rely on PPE to protect themselves against COVID-19, Georgia is straining to identify and address shortages.

This week’s FOIA round-up: Credibility-challenged cops, a $10,000 public records settlement, and BuzzFeed’s massive Mueller scoop
Read a great FOIA-based news story we should highlight? Let us know and maybe we can include it in our next round-up!

This week’s FOIA round-up: DMVs selling out the public, cop fails cocaine-or-bird-poop test, and a Providence bike fight
A star quarterback’s career almost cut short over a case of fecal misidentification, a questionable profit center for departments of motor vehicles, and the citizen gripes behind a brewing Rhode Island bike war. All in a week’s work for public records.

Digging Deeper: An investigation into corporate control of water
Food & Water Watch intern Gabrielle Rosenthal shares what she learned working on our project to look into water privatization across the country.

How do abortion opponents use public records?
Freedom of Information is for everyone, but sometimes brushes up against the rights to privacy and safety. We’ve started a project to learn more.
6 Requests
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County Records for October 15, 2018
Hayden Barnes, Esq. sent this request to the Jefferson County of Georgia
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Express Scripts to CVS Caremark
Hayden Barnes, Esq. sent this request to the Department of Community Health of Georgia
Fix Required
Molly Redden sent this request to the Department Of Driver Services of Georgia
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Paul Burke sent this request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America
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Sonny Perdue Selection as Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
Brian Patrick Bannon sent this request to the Board Of Regents Of The University System Of Georgia of Atlanta, GA