Michael Morisy

Rich Neumeister - Open Gov't Advocate in Minnesota youtu.be/Fs3Flq8Ljw8?si… This video I did at #transparencycamp2012 14 years ago where I first met @morisy of @MuckRock. We met again at NFOIC Sunshine week tonight.

So 12 years ago Michael Morisy (@morisy) asked ATF via FOIA for "A copy of any pre- and post-mortem notes, presentations, guidelines, memos, and reports generated during recent tests of 3D printed plastic guns". And got nothing in return...

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You can help ongoing research from @MuckRock investigating how US federal government is using AI for #FOI. It has found the CIA is “testing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning tools to assist the review process.” Wonder if same is happening in UK? #assignment-responses" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">muckrock.com/assignment/is-…

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Today got from NSA 78 hardcopy documents of 2,233 pages requested by FOIA on October 9, 2006, 18 years ago. Approved for release on September 24, 2024. Will take a while to scan. (@WikiLeaks domain registered on October 4, 2006 by Julian #Assange and John Young) @404 @MuckRock

Email works best because I'm not here much these days. First name @ my employer. Or hop in the MuckRock Slack: muckrock.com/slack/

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NEW: an investigation nearly two years in the making. At least two dozen schools in Michigan serve students with severe behavioral disabilities. A Free Press analysis of nearly 8,000 emergency dispatch records show these schools are leaning on police. freep.com/story/news/edu…

This is remarkable: A Houston jury just found disgraced former cop Gerald Goines guilty of felony murder because police shot and killed a married couple while carrying out a search warrant that Goines lied to obtain.

🔍 In response to my public records request, the @FTC released its FOIA logs. Nose through them here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… The agency's aggressive posture under chair @linakhanFTC has consistently made headlines in recent years. Here are the top requestors since 2023:

Someone came knocking on my door. It was unexpected. But the timing was right. Sometimes you answer the call. That’s why they call it a vocation. religionnews.com/2024/09/09/nat… via @RNS

For 5 months, the Cal AG fought to hide the names of 8 deputies at the center of a case against a DA advisor tasked w/helping keep a list of problem cops. Using gaps in redactions & sheer tenacity, @eedugdale & I ID'd 7 of them. Here's how we did it. latimes.com/california/sto…

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