This week’s For the Record shares how reporters at MuckRock and the Cicero Independiente overcame rejection in their “Air We Breathe” series.

Six years ago, a MuckRock user appealed a comically inadequate CIA response to his FOIA request. This week, the Agency responded that they haven’t done anything in the meantime - and that the requester better let them know if he’s still interested, or they’d close out the appeal.

For the past year, MuckRock has been working on an appeal tool to help anyone understand public records rejections, see their options, and file a successful appeal. Now, we’re asking for FOIA hounds everywhere to help out: Send us your successful appeals!

The Somerville Police Department is withholding a leger of the firearms used by their officers after initially denying the existence of inventory lists.