Using FOIA for emails
Requesting emails can be extremely insightful, but also a bit of an exemptions minefield.
How Fiquem Sabendo uncovered Bolsonaro’s taxpayer-funded steak dinners, jet ski trips and Carnival celebrations
See how Fiquem Sabendo, a Brazilian transparency nonprofit, used DocumentCloud to reveal how a former president used his corporate card to pay for personal expenses.
Release Notes
The latest release of DocumentCloud introduces OCR injection, ensuring that OCR’d text from Textract or any Add-Ons is grafted into the underlying PDF.
Five things I learned from a year of FOIAFridays
To celebrate Sunshine Week and one year of FOIAFridays, I want to share five things I’ve learned through a year of conversations.
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FOIA 101: Tips and Tricks to Make You a Transparency Master
★ FeaturedWhether it's your first request or your first request *today,* it never hurts to go over the basics. MuckRock's compiled a lot of FOIA advice over the years, and with this project, it's all in one place. -
Elections 2024
★ FeaturedAs newsrooms worked to cover local and national issues and candidates in the 2024 elections, MuckRock was actively supporting them. We provided extensive training and support for journalists and the public to help cover federal, state and local races across the country. MuckRock worked on public records requests, along with Sunlight Research Center, to better understand political candidates. -
FOIAFriday: A community podcast about all things FOIA and public records
★ FeaturedWe gather once a month to share updates on public records laws and rulings, techniques, tricks and insider tips from fellow requesters. -
Get the most out of DocumentCloud
★ FeaturedDo you want to know how to better use DocumentCloud? Have a question about using or building Add-Ons? Working on a project that uses DocumentCloud embeds?