MuckRock has already obtained one slide deck on enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act in states that have legalized marijuana use. So we were surprised to hear that the Drug Enforcement Agency didn’t have any.

Cultural anthropologist Michael Powell studies the impact of government secrecy on the citizenry. For this week’s Requester’s Voice, Powell compares transparency in the US to other countries and talks about a bizarre FOIA training video produced by the Pentagon in faux noir style.

This weekend marks the rollout of late night subway and bus service in Boston. While transportation officials cite specific cost and labor projections, they have not released any documents to support them.

The government corporation tasked with managing federal prison labor has refused to release the names of private companies that contract for access to its low-paid, incarcerated labor pool.

Last February, the mayor of Seattle shuttered his police department’s unmanned aerial vehicle program and ordered the return of its two units. But SPD’s Draganflyer X6 drones are still on the shelf.

One of the most useful documents a budding FOIA requester can seek is a log of FOIA requests submitted to a particular agency, which under federal law are considered public records. As with so many other things, however, the situation is very different in New Jersey.

For nearly five years, Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg has been fighting to compel the Department of Defense to release documents about Guantanamo Bay’s “Camp 7” facility.

The National Operations Center within DHS has released its current handbook and standard operating procedures on its social media monitoring project. Root around them yourself and tell us what you dig up!

Government agencies produce a lot of paperwork, much of it standardized and quite a bit irrelevant to anyone outside the agency. Save yourself processing delays and duplication fees by honing requests for the crucial sections.

New England may not be the world’s hub for black market ivory, but the Fish and Wildlife Service agents who watch the region’s borders manage to uncover a range of interesting pieces.

Keeping government open and accountable is a year-round job. But Sunshine Week, which kicked off yesterday, is a great opportunity to rekindle our love for public access and share how everyone can get in on the FOIA love.

MuckRock user Chris Meller uses FOIA to satisfy his curiosities about the government’s involvement with day-to-day life. In this week’s Requester’s Voice, Chris discusses his experiences with local public records requests and how he has managed to have his questions answered despite fees and inexperienced FOIA officials.

The FBI meticulously redacts even basic information on its use of unmanned aerial vehicles, including past inventory and purchases. Four months into the court-ordered release process, we have our first hard number.

After four years and some not-so-gentle prodding courtesy of the federal government, we’ve given in and finally updated MuckRock’s “About Page” to better reflect what we actually do. If you can do it even better, we’ll give you some free requests.

NYPD continues to insist that its transparency guides are themselves exempt from public disclosure. Even the department’s lawyer insist that these training materials are covered by attorney-client privilege.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has spent at least $195,000 on firearm ammunition since 2008, according to purchase orders. Most of the orders are for hollow point bullets.

The National Security Agency’s response for the entry on Edward Snowden on the American intelligence community’s internal wiki suggests that Intellipedia may not be quite so dynamic and heavily trafficked as its architects might hope.