Volunteers thumbed through over a hundred annual reports to find out how agencies are using AI for FOIA. Here’s what they found.
The results are in: According to their own reports, some federal agencies are already testing AI in their FOIA offices. Many more are already using machine learning functions baked into current document search and discovery tools or plan to make use of AI in the future.
What went wrong this year in transparency? Share your stories!
Have you run into an egregious records denial? Still aching about an agency thwarting the public’s right to know? Just need to vent about the one (FOIA request) that got away? This is your chance to share and commiserate: Submissions are open for nominations to the 2025 Foilies!
Tell us where to request police disciplinary files
We’re releasing thousands of pages of police misconduct records in New York. Let’s open up more nationwide
Release Notes: A new DocumentCloud is coming. Try it today!
We’ll be releasing the experience for everyone in mid-November. Keep reading for an in-depth explanation for why we started this project, how we approached it, and how it succeeded.
Can police departments be trusted to release their own misconduct records? Apparently not.
The police chief in Orange County’s Village of Chester claimed his department had no misconduct records. He was hiding an investigation into his own alleged malfeasance.
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