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ICE Insider

ICE Insider is a Muckrock project lookin' to break news on the immigration beat with a particular focus on the Enforcement and Removals division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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FOIA 101: Tips and Tricks to Make You a Transparency Master

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Whether it's your first request or your first request *today,* it never hurts to go over the basics. MuckRock's compiled a lot of FOIA advice over the years, and with this project, it's all in one place.

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Documenting COVID-19 project

The Documenting COVID-19 project is a repository of searchable documents related to the COVID-19 pandemic obtained through state open-records laws and the Freedom of Information Act. It has produced hundreds of stories with local, regional and national newsroom partners throughout the United States.

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Guide to using FOIA for access to law enforcement records

Find out what records you can obtain from law enforcement.

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The FOIA author’s club

Phil Eil shares a collection of FOIA-fueled nonfiction books.

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The Foilies 2025

Here are this year’s “winners.” While they may not all pay up, at least we can make sure they get the negative publicity they’re owed.

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Win a prize for creative FOIA merchandise!

MuckRock and the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project are teaming up to find the best Sunshine Week logos.

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Help us investigate how the federal government uses AI for FOIA

Since at least 2023, the Attorney General has asked the federal government how it uses machine learning for public records. We want to know more.

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not finding my locality listed in your option for FOIA request form.
FOIA request for Federal Grand Jury proceeding referenced in another FOIA
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