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This Week in Transparency: SWAT Secrecy and PACER Problems

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. SWAT Secrecy and Pentagon Hand-me-downs This week the …

This Week in Transparency: Ferguson and GITMO Force-Feeding

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here.FOIAs of the week: There's a quote about …

This Week in Transparency: The Mosaic Effect

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. What we mean when we talk about the …

This Week in Transparency: Runaway Classification and Bill Nye the Science Guy

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. Runaway classification: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.) and …

Chief Keith and the Revolving Door

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. Keith Alexander's financial disclosure is vital to national …

Lethal Injection Secrecy, Private Prison Project, and More

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. Lethal Injection Secrecy: Over at Pacific Standard, …

Cass Sunstein and the Status Quo

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. Cass Sunstein: Three cheers for the status quo …

Happy July 4th/FOIA anniversary!

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. FOIA anniversary Forty-eight years ago today, in 1966, …

FOIA Friday: IRS 'Loses' Emails, Feds Cover-up Stingray Records, and More

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. THE IRS IS BAD AT KEEPING RECORDS, WHICH …

Freedom of Information Act Rundown: Stingray Surveillance and FERPA abuse

This post is adapted from CJ Ciaramella's weekly FOIA newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. STINGRAYS Last week I mentioned a new, crowd-funded project by MuckRock to …