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![The Third Annual Foilies are here - submit your strangest public records experience](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/01/10/FOILIES.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The Third Annual Foilies are here - submit your strangest public records experience
Everyone in the world of public records has at least one experience that’s straight out of Kafka - maybe the agency gave an estimated completion date of next century, or the “responsive documents” turned out to be a couple hundred blank pages. In that spirit of commiseration, MuckRock is proud to announce that we’re partnering again with EFF for the third-annual “Foilies” Awards.
![Opening up Dugway Proving Grounds, the military's secretive biological weapon testing unit](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/01/27/Dugway.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Opening up Dugway Proving Grounds, the military’s secretive biological weapon testing unit
In 1941, the US Army decided it needed a remote testing site to develop and test experimental, chemical and biological-based weapons, some place far away from civilians and, perhaps more importantly, the opportunity for enemies to see what they were building. The Dugway Proving Ground was born.
![The Second Annual Foilies are here - submit your strangest public records experience](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/FOILIEs.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The Second Annual Foilies are here - submit your strangest public records experience
Everyone in the world of public records has at least one experience that’s straight out of Kafka - maybe the agency gave an estimated completion date of next century, or the “responsive documents” turned out to be a couple hundred blank pages.
In that spirit of commiseration, MuckRock is proud to announce that we’re partnering again with EFF for the second-annual “Foilies” Awards.
![Massachusetts, your officials aren't protecting you from gas leaks.](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/gasleakcov_1.jpg.1200x400_q85_crop_36vwtTa.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Massachusetts, your officials aren’t protecting you from gas leaks.
All winter, MuckRock has been reporting on gas leaks in the state — specifically, that legislative measures taken to fix them and prevent their consequences will remain impotent if they aren’t utilized, or even just more widely known. That’s where you can help.
![Nominate your craziest public records experience for The Foilies](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/SWHH.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Nominate your craziest public records experience for The Foilies
In that spirit of commiseration, MuckRock is proud to announce our partnership with EFF and the Sunlight Foundation for the first-annual “Foilies” Awards Gala during Sunshine Week in DC.