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The #Foilies2026

Established in 2015, The #Foilies are an annual project by the #ElectronicFrontierFoundation & #MuckRock to recognize the agencies, officials & contractors that thwart the public's #right to know. We give out these tongue-in-cheek "awards" during #SunshineWeek (March 15-21), a collective effort by media & advocacy organizations to highlight the importance of open government.

This year, we've got a few "winners" whose behavior defies belief.
#eff

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/foilies-2026

The Foilies 2026

Established in 2015, The Foilies are an annual project by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock to recognize the agencies, officials and contractors that thwart the public's right to know. We give out these tongue-in-cheek "awards" during Sunshine Week (March 15-21), a collective effort by media and advocacy organizations to highlight the importance of open government.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier FoundationMar 10, 2024

It's Sunshine Week, and that means it's time for The #Foilies! Each year EFF and Muckrock compile the previous year's worst and weirdest responses to public records requests.

We hope this year’s “awards” for the absolute worst in government transparency enrage you, and that you channel that rage into filing your own public records requests. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/foilies-2024

The Foilies 2024

For Sunshine Week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock compile the year's worst and most ridiculous responses to public records requests and other attempts to thwart public access to information, including through increasing attempts to gut the laws guaranteeing this access—and we issue these agencies and officials tongue-in-cheek "awards" for their failures.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFFMar 20, 2023

“Even if you despise the media, you should be rooting for more government transparency.” (With a nice shout-out to The #Foilies, EFF’s annual awards for the worst public-records obfuscators!) https://reason.com/2023/03/17/want-better-journalism-and-less-b-s-demand-stronger-public-record-laws/

🐦🔗: http://twitter.com/EFF/status/1637837954579304448

[2023/03/20 15:26]

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