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FOIA News: 2022 nominations open for worst open records responses

FOIA News (2015-2023)Allan BlutsteinComment

Have an Open Records Horror Story? Shine a Light by Nominating an Agency for The Foilies 2022

By Dave Maas, Elec. Frontier Found., Dec. 14, 2021

We are now accepting submissions for The Foilies 2022, the annual project to give tongue-in-cheek awards to the officials and institutions that behave badly—or ridiculously—when served with a request for public records.

Compiled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and MuckRock, The Foilies run as a cover feature in alternative newsweeklies across the U.S. during Sunshine Week (March 13-19, 2022), through a partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.

Read more here.

This article is crossposted at MuckRock and was co-written by Michael Morisy.