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Smoke, Screened: The Clean Air Act’s Dirty Secret
★ FeaturedDangers in Our Air: Mapping Chicago’s Air Pollution Hotspots
★ FeaturedDocumenting COVID-19 project
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For the Record: Requesting data inventories
MuckRock’s #FOIAFriday webinar series continued last Friday with a step-by-step guide on how to request data inventories from federal and state agencies.
For the Record: Appealing an unduly burdensome denial in Illinois
This week’s For the Record shares how reporters at MuckRock and the Cicero Independiente overcame rejection in their “Air We Breathe” series.
The inside story on a billion-dollar chemical company’s fight to keep its secrets from the public
After the Cicero Independiente and MuckRock published investigative articles about air pollution and the chemicals company Koppers, it hired a public-relations firm to organize a secret, behind-the-scenes campaign to influence local officials.
La historia interna de la lucha de una empresa química multimillonaria por ocultar sus secretos al público
Después que Cicero Independiente y MuckRock publicaran artículos de investigación sobre la contaminación atmosférica y la empresa química Koppers, ésta contrató a una empresa de relaciones públicas para organizar una campaña secreta entre bastidores para influir a los funcionarios locales.
DocDive: Getting put on (legal) notice
Some state and federal laws require what are called “demand letters,” or notices of legal action, to be sent from one party to another before a lawsuit is filed.
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Title | Status | Agency | Jurisdiction |
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PRA: Autopsy and coroner’s reports | Partially Completed | Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department | Stanislaus County, CA |
PRA: Autopsy and coroner’s reports | Completed | Department Of The Medical Examiner | San Diego County, CA |
Enterprise Data Inventory (EDI) | No Responsive Documents | California Department of Justice | California |
Enterprise Data Inventory (EDI) PDF | Completed | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America |
Governor's suite recipients | Rejected | Governor's Office | Pennsylvania |