Five requests about the presidential transition that you can file now
There are still plenty of requests you can file before Inauguration Day.
Election Urgent Care
More than 100 experts and Knight Election Hub partners and staff will be on call to answer journalist’s questions and provide free help on safety and harassment issues, election-related legal matters, document and data gathering and more.
Release Notes: Scraper Add-On improvements & small fixes
After months of development, DocumentCloud has been rebuilt to enhance speed and usability, featuring an updated user interface and a public beta available at next.documentcloud.org, with a new Scraper Add-On that tracks page ETags to detect updates for documents linked on sites.
Release Notes: A new DocumentCloud is coming. Try it today!
We’ll be releasing the experience for everyone in mid-November. Keep reading for an in-depth explanation for why we started this project, how we approached it, and how it succeeded.
Can Police Departments Be Trusted to Release Their Own Misconduct Records? Apparently Not.
The police chief in Orange County’s Village of Chester claimed his department had no misconduct records. He was hiding an investigation into his own alleged malfeasance.
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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
★ FeaturedMuckRock and Sunlight Search, a nonpartisan research organization, are researching political candidates for the 2024 campaign season. -
FOIAFriday
★ FeaturedJoin the MuckRock team for FOIAFriday! We gather once a month to share updates on public records laws and rulings, techniques, tricks and insider tips from fellow requesters.