Articles tagged:EFF

Posted: Fri Dec 10 11:30 a.m. by Edward Vielmetti
FOIA Friday: Releasing the secrets of diplomats, intelligence agencies, and cooks

A batch of FOIA requests that I sent to the city of Ann Arbor in the past three weeks all arrived over the past few days. As I sort through those forms, meeting minutes, reports and statements, I realized that though I had some perfectly good partial stories to tell, ...

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Posted: Fri Feb 12 6 a.m. by Edward Vielmetti

News organizations and advocacy groups around the nation use Freedom of Information Act requests to do investigative work. In many cases, the time span between the original request and the final response is very long, especially if the agency responding to the request fights it in court. Here are some ...

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