"One of the cornerstones of a healthy democracy is the ability of its citizens to access and scrutinize government records, which was central to our ability to report these stories about the state’s towing law."

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2026/may/13/how-2026-pulitzer-prize-recognized-journalists-use-public-records-in-their-reporting/

via @muckrock

#journalism #PulitzerPrize #PublicRecords #FOIA

New: Trump's $13.1M no-bid paint job at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — 7x what he publicly promised.

His "pool guy" got it.

Just filed FOIAs for Public Citizen to get to the bottom of it.

#news #uspol #politics #trump #FOIA #pool

https://www.citizen.org/news/lets-get-to-the-bottom-of-trumps-expensive-no-bid-contracts-for-the-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool/

Let’s Get to the Bottom of Trump’s Expensive, No-Bid Contracts for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool - Public Citizen

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Public Citizen filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the Trump administration’s contracts to paint the base…

Public Citizen

Nearly 4,400 scheduled procedures for children were cancelled over the past three years for reasons including lack of beds, patients being too unwell, and clinical decisions.

Figures from Children’s Health Ireland show that more than 700 operations did not proceed because a “ward bed [was] not available.”

https://www.thestory.ie/2026/05/12/more-than-700-procedures-cancelled-by-childrens-health-ireland-because-ward-beds-were-unavailable-for-young-patients/

#ireland #health #children #foia

If there’s one overarching lesson from my book Shining a Light, it’s that Freedom of Information isn’t really about ‘information’ at all.

It’s about records.

So if you do have a question, you first have to figure out what records will answer it.

Book available in print and digital at: https://www.kenfoxe.com

#ireland #journalism #transparency #foia

Here are the second set of documents released in response to my #FOIA request to the #FBI for records relating to the 1986 Captain Midnight HBO broadcast signal intrusion incident.
#hacker #hacking #history
https://archive.org/details/section-001
FBI FOIA Release #2 - Captain Midnight : FBI : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Second release of documents from the FBI in response to a FOIA request by realhackhistory for records on Captain Midnight, the first person to perform a...

Internet Archive
Proud to represent @[email protected] in its #FOIA lawsuit for ICE data, along with my colleagues at @[email protected]!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kwqrpwlcajfu7dhhg72hc5ly/post/3mldqof4fz22w
"According to court documents, the two brothers wiped roughly 96 government databases within several hours in February 2025, including sensitive investigative documents from multiple federal agencies and Freedom of Information Act records." #FOIA #DataBreach #DHS https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-govt-contractor-convicted-for-wiping-dozens-of-federal-databases/
Former govt contractor convicted for wiping dozens of federal databases

A 34-year-old Virginia man was found guilty of conspiring to destroy dozens of government databases after getting fired from his job as a federal contractor.

BleepingComputer

A quick thanks to everyone who’s bought, shared, reposted or said kind things about Shining a Light since launch.

First batches have gone out, and I hope readers find it helps demystify information access.

Print and digital editions are available at:

https://www.kenfoxe.com

#FOIA #Transparency #Ireland

This is the pattern. Bulgarian courts have ruled against the prosecutorial office repeatedly for #FOIA violations.
Lower administrative courts have begun holding that prosecutorial investigation acts ARE public information - a line the prosecutorial office has fought hard to reverse.
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