[sudo-discuss] Freedom of Information requests

[Eddan Katz]

I would be interested in learning more about discussions within municipal leadership about previous attempts to introduce Open WiFi to Oakland.
On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:06 PM, mark burdett <mark at 510pen.org> wrote:

> Hi, if anyone is interested in making a Freedom of Information request to a local/state/federal government agency, I have some surplus credits on https://www.muckrock.com/ - a website which makes it pretty easy to send and track FOI requests online. Just email me off-list and I can submit a request for you.
> 
> Maybe could be useful for Oakland Wiki or other projects folks are working on?
> 
> Note, sometimes agencies refuse to send documents and you have to file a lawsuit (but hey, you might win a million dollars 10 years later), or they want to charge exorbitant fees for documents - e.g. https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/Ltr_-_1-17-13.pdf - but sometimes you can get what you're looking for free of charge..
> 
> --mark B.
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