Government transparency laws like the federal Freedom of Information Act and the many state versions of that law are designed..

Have questions about FOIA or public records? MuckRock's Engagement Journalist Kelly Kauffman will give an introductory session on filing public records, how to use MuckRock's tools (including Document...

Asheville Watchdog is suing the City of Asheville over its refusal to allow reporters and the public to attend meetings of the Independent Review Committee (IRC), which was created to investigate the ...

American Oversight filed FOIA requests with multiple agencies for records related to DOGE’s reported use of Google Docs for official work, as well as AI to monitor the communications of government emp...

London Breed was slammed for it last year. Now, in a “depressingly similar” scenario, the new mayor appears to be shrouding access to public records.

Opening remarks by:Veronica Donahue, Johns Hopkins UniversityDavid Cuillier, director of the Brechner FOI Project, University of FloridaOpen Boundaries for O...

A panel of Commonwealth Court judges ruled that lawmakers don’t have to make public their communications with lobbyists.

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Plus: Which FOIA offices might be closed next

Despite promises for "radical transparency," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. laid off many staff on teams that fulfill public records requests at health agencies.

We asked librarian April Hines how journalists can tap librarians to help with their research and reporting.

East Lansing agrees to release police misconduct complaints following ACLU lawsuit settlement

CHARLESTON – A bill moving in the final two weeks of the 2025 legislative session aims to allow the House of Delegates and state Senate to set their own policies on the kinds of documents made availab...

An army of FBI agents and FOIA analysts have been holed up in the bureau’s sprawling Central Records Complex in Virginia as they process thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files — at the expense of...

Sunshine Week: Who's Benefiting from the CHIPS & Science Act? - Good Jobs First

The first Sunshine Fest March 19-20 enabled about 160 people from throughout the country – and also from Canada, Brazil and Ghana – to discuss solutions to the most pressing problems in government tra...

For Sunshine Week, Erasmus Baxter, Asia Fields and Julia Furukawa share their story of reporting on university misconduct cases at Western Washington University.

Our right to know.

The chair of the Kansas Senate Committee on Government Efficiency limited access to public submissions to its suggestion portal until after the 2025 legislative session, which potentially conflicts wi...

Providing access to public records and meetings is 'real' work, and history has repeatedly shown that 'real' bad things happen when the laws are weakened or violated.

‘the City Council violated (the open meetings law) by improperly convening and taking a ‘position … or formal action’ in deciding to end Jurinsky’s censure proceedings...’

Sunshine Week: Sunshine versus Tyranny - Good Jobs First

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

We asked FOIA Nate to reflect on the current state of FOIA and to share some tips for making more efficient public records requests.

Documents obtained by FOIA Files reveal the chaotic turn of events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the Trump administration ordered the agency to stop communicating with the pu...

<p>For 30 years, FOIA has been one of EPIC’s most valuable tools for holding government accountable to the people. In this post, we will look at EPIC’s latest FOIA lawsuit against the Office of Person...