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Re:Bureaucratic processes typically involve a person new to ... by chaps on Saturday July 02, 2022 @07:20PM (#31963412)
journalist and journalist accessories
Re:Bureaucratic processes typically involve a person new to ... by dredmorbius on Sunday July 03, 2022 @12:39PM (#31969002)
Any details you can share?

This is interesting, from your submissions:

"Patent-Pending Deflection Equals Reduced Request Volume"

https://web.archive.org/web/20200401223149/https://govqa.com...

(Archive link as original content is no longer at the URL.)

Re:Bureaucratic processes typically involve a person new to ... by chaps on Monday July 04, 2022 @11:01AM (#31977780)
Sure -- here are some things I've done with public records:

https://southsideweekly.com/cpd-routinely-denies-foia-reques...

https://mchap.io/using-foia-data-and-unix-to-halve-major-sou...

https://mchap.io/that-time-the-city-of-seattle-accidentally-...

https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-police-arrested-more...

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/news/shotspotters-de...

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/news/false-alarms/

https://thetriibe.com/2020/12/hundreds-of-chicago-police-mad...

It's hard to talk about the FOIA litigation online, but [1] is some litigation I've been plaintiff for, for the database schema of Chicago's parking ticket database. The idea is to figure out what can be requested prior to submitting requests, but the city argues that its release would compromise network security. Even though we won the appellate case, it got raised and accepted by the IL Supreme court, so it'll be another long while until we know how it pans out.

[1] https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resourc...

Re:Bureaucratic processes typically involve a person new to ... by dredmorbius on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @05:44PM (#31994121)
Thanks!

(Almost missed this. Happen to be diving through my comment history...)