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The 2026 Foilies Awards recognize the worst in government transparency.
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The 2026 Foilies Awards recognize the worst in government transparency.

  • By the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock
  • Mar 19, 2026

For the last six years, a class of journalism students at the University of Nevada, Reno, has kicked off each semester by filing their first F…

It’s Sunshine Week, at a time when sunlight is needed more than ever.
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It’s Sunshine Week, at a time when sunlight is needed more than ever.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 16, 2025

It was not from the Supreme Court bench but in a Harper’s Weekly article in 1913 that Justice Louis Brandeis wrote the now-famous line, “sunli…

The Foilies 2025: Recognizing the worst in government transparency.
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The Foilies 2025: Recognizing the worst in government transparency.

  • By Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey, Beryl Lipton, Michael Morisy, Dillon Bergin and Kelly Kauffman
  • Mar 13, 2025

 “All government data should be default public for maximum transparency.”…

Recognizing the worst in government transparency this year with the annual Foilies Awards.
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Recognizing the worst in government transparency this year with the annual Foilies Awards.

  • By Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock
  • Mar 14, 2024

WE’RE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL ABOUT CHECKS AND BALANCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, but those lessons tend to leave out the role that…

The FOILies: recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency.
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The FOILies: recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency.

  • By the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock
  • Mar 24, 2022

PUBLIC ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS IS ENSHRINED IN LAW, BUT IN PRACTICE IT DOESN’T ALWAYS QUITE WORK OUT THAT WAY. Each year during Sunshine …

SQUIDFRY 02.25.21: Let The Sun Shine
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SQUIDFRY 02.25.21: Let The Sun Shine

  • Feb 25, 2021

LET THE SUN SHINE… Squid was giddy to get a notice from the First Amendment Coalition that Squid needed to prepare for Sunshine Week, an initi…

Recognizing the year’s quirkiest battles over transparency.
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Recognizing the year’s quirkiest battles over transparency.

  • The Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Mar 30, 2017

Thick fog rolled in for Sunshine Week in late March, the annual event when government transparency advocates raise awareness about the importa…

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