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In the Grand Rapids area? Join us for the FOIAFest water data hackathon Nov. 5
Interested in big data, water transparency, or just getting a chance to work with great people on important problems? Join us in Grand Rapids on November 5 for the FOIAFest 2019 hackathon, where we focus on important water stories both within the United States and around the world.
The exciting projects of the BuzzFeed FOIA Hackathon
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Allan Lasser
Last weekend, MuckRock’s Michael Morisy and Allan Lasser headed to a FOIA Hackathon hosted by the BuzzFeed Open Lab, bringing with them six years of our public records data - all 112GB of it. Here’s a run-down of some of the amazing things people did with it.