Posted By Electronic Frontier Foundation on Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 9:57 AM click to enlarge And the worst offenders of the year are. The day after the 2021 inauguration, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to declare: Biden is making transparency cool again. This was a head-scratcher for many journalists and transparency advocates. Freedom of Information the concept that government documents belong to and must be accessible to the people has never not been cool. Using federal and local public records laws, a single individual can uncover everything from war crimes to health code violations at the local taqueria. How awesome is that? If you need more proof: There was an Australian comic-book series called Southern Squadron: Freedom of Information Act ; the classic anime Evangelion has a Freedom
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Since 2015, The Foilies have served as an annual opportunity to name-and-shame the uncoolest government agencies and officials who have stood in the way of public access. We collect the most outrageous and ridiculous stories from around the country from journalists, activists, academics, and everyday folk who have filed public records and experienced retaliation,