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For the Record: How Fiquem Sabendo used records requests and DocumentCloud to reveal corporate card expenditures
by
Sanjin I. and
Kelly Kauffman
In Brazil, presidents and other top government officials have the right to use “corporate cards” to cover occasional travel expenses and other small value purchases on behalf of the federal government. In January 2023, the journalism non-profit Fiquem Sabendo secured access to the invoices for these cards, and last week, the Brazilian newsroom detailed how they meticulously scanned and organized these documents, making them accessible for the first time.