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This week’s FOIA roundup: when transparency matters but might not be top of mind
by
Katlyn Alo
The weekly roundup of what is or should be public record. Something we missed? Let us know!

Requester’s Voice: TRAC and FOIA Project’s Sue Long
Sue Long, co-founder of Syracuse’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse and The FOIA Project, is one of the field’s legends. She has been pulling databases out of agencies since they were stored on tape reels — and well before data journalism was a hot trend. She shares her advice to other requesters as well as how she accidentally found herself as a FOIA pioneer