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![How FOIA lets personalities shine, Fast and Furious the #opendata way, and a creative new “exemption” in Washington](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/02/02/FF3.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
How FOIA lets personalities shine, Fast and Furious the #opendata way, and a creative new “exemption” in Washington
FOIA doesn’t have to be dry, particularly if you get creative with your requests and how you put the data to work. This week, some great examples of using government data from the New York Times and CityLab, plus a report on a questionable new way to skirt the law via the Tri-City Herald.
![Submit your town to MuckRock’s private water survey](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/08/10/TapCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Submit your town to MuckRock’s private water survey
Right now, the current administration’s plans to improve American infrastructure and create jobs nationwide rest heavily on the hope of public-private partnerships. Join our survey to learn more about which towns and cities are privatizing a particularly public resource: water.
![Trump administration looks to private-public partnerships for infrastructure overhaul](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/05/18/InfraCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Trump administration looks to private-public partnerships for infrastructure overhaul
In the next few weeks President Donald Trump is slated to release a highly-anticipated plan for an overhaul of the nation’s infrastructure, and with an anticipated total tag of nearly a trillion dollars, there will certainly be plenty of feeders fighting at the trough of public funds.
![You Had Me At H2O: A look at who owns your water supply](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/02/14/h20cov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
You Had Me At H2O: A look at who owns your water supply
MuckRock invites you to consider how water reaches you through faucets and fountains, on good days and bad, and what steps are being taken to protect its potability for years and generations to come.
![Two years later, Massachusetts municipalities are much more transparent about their gas leaks](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/02/01/MassRoad.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Two years later, Massachusetts municipalities are much more transparent about their gas leaks
MuckRock’s most recent survey for greater Boston gas leak information has received relevant responses from two-fifths of surveyed municipalities, a marked improvement over responses from two years ago, when many municipalities claimed to have little to no information on the locations and plans for repair of natural gas leaks in their neighborhoods.
13 Requests
Rejected
American Petroleum Institute Recommendations to Commerce Department
Bryant Sewell sent this request to the Department of Commerce of the United States of America
Awaiting Response
Bryant Sewell sent this request to the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the United States of America
Completed
Bryant Sewell sent this request to the Department of the Interior of the United States of America
Fix Required
March 2017 Infrastructure Initiative Memo
Bryant Sewell sent this request to the Department of the Interior of the United States of America
Completed
Planning for Potential Infrastructure Initiative
Bryant Sewell sent this request to the Department of the Interior of the United States of America