National Security & Surveillance: FOIA

FOIA amendments signed into law in 1994 added a requirement that agencies must establish an Electronic FOIA (EFOIA) Reading Room. The EFOIA Reading Rooms contain such materials as certain agency manuals, specific. agency policy statements, and opinions developed in the adjudication of cases.

Provides electronic copies of thousands of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

Launched in 2010, MuckRock helps users file, track, and share public records requests at the state, local, and federal levels within the United States, as well as producing original reporting on government transparency. In 2016, it officially reincorporated as the non-profit MuckRock Foundation , which also runs DocumentCloud, oTranscribe, FOIA Machine, Muck.Rocks, and Quackbot.