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Pentagon Isn’t Getting FOIA Requests Because It Can’t Bother To Fix Fax Machine

While some folks seek to streamline the oft-complicated process of filing a Freedom Of Information Act request with the government, the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon is turning its back on some of those requests because it can’t be bothered to get its stupid fax machine fixed. [More]

Kickstarter Project Launched For ‘Freedom Of Information Act Machine’

Kickstarter Project Launched For ‘Freedom Of Information Act Machine’

Though the name of the Freedom Of Information Act might make it sound like one can just submit a request for government records and they will be released without hassle, in reality it’s a much more complicated process that can cost a lot of money and make even hardened investigators feel like giving up. That’s why the Center for Investigative Reporting has created the FOIA Machine. [More]