2014年9月4日 · Here are 10 of the strangest documents that have been secured by FOIA requests, or released by FOIA reading rooms over the years. 1. A Fan Letter From J. Edgar Hoover to His Favorite Athlete

2019年3月15日 · After 17 months of exhaustive searching, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement closed out a FOIA request for memos related to President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, stating that no such records could be found.

2016年8月26日 · During a brief moment at the beginning of the 1980s, the Justice Department published a single-panel gag comic about the Freedom of Information Act. We have all eight instances of FOIbles inside.

2021年2月8日 · Documents released by the CIA under the Freedom of Information Act, contain many UFO reports, sightings, and studies.

2019年4月30日 · MuckRock’s merchandise is full of jokes for public records aficionados, like T-shirts bearing the major US records laws’ acronyms; stickers that read “Always Be Filing”; and “Black Bar” T-shirts (a spin on the logo of punk rock band Black Flag).

2019年3月11日 · Want the latest investigative and FOIA news? After nine years and over 60,000 requests, MuckRock has been witness to some pretty impressive efforts to keep public information from the public. In the spirit of Sunshine Week, we’ve compiled some of the weirdest, wildest, and downright hilarious rejections we’ve received.

2015年11月24日 · Seinfeld made a career complaining about airline peanuts. Imagine what’s possible with all complaints from airline passengers found in an FAA FOIA request.

2021年5月28日 · FOIA is a joke. If they don’t want to turn over the documents they’ll drag it out in arbitration until the records are allowed to be destroyed which depending on what it is will be seven years max. By the time you fight it out and they let you win the records are long gone. Sounds like its time to sue. That’s not how it works though.

Even with the new freedom of information act I can't tell you if that woman at number 28 is really only 76... "Forget the Freedom of Information Act. You're not seeing tomorrow's test questions." Data mine - Gold mine. Freedom of information guarded by sharks and barbed wire. "I'm not allowed to tell you about freedom of information."

Hi everyone, I run a YouTube channel focused on police bodycam footage, and I have a good grasp on how to make FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests. However, I'm looking for advice on how to find cases and incidents that would be intriguing for my audience.