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16 Mar, 6 tweets, 4 min read
What happens to FOIA requests that go unanswered?
They get nominated for our Golden Raspberry-style "awards" for officials who stand in the way of government transparency and freedom of information.

Here are the winners of this year's Foilies: eff.org/deeplinks/2021…
For the first time we're giving an award to a dog! When @twocatsand_docs asked whether Conan, the canine injured in a raid against the Islamic State, was a boy or a girl, the Defense Department could neither confirm nor deny the dog’s gender. eff.org/deeplinks/2021… A drawing of a dog jumping through the air. Its nether regio
Another faux award goes out to the U.S. State Department for refusing to release records about former Sec. Pompeo's preferred sandwiches and pizza toppings. eff.org/deeplinks/2021…
A forensic examiner got so mad that his newsletter on police tech might be released under Illinois' public records law, he encouraged cops to get crime victims to shame the Princeton PhD student who had requested the documents. eff.org/deeplinks/2021…
"I have practiced open records law since the law was enacted 45 years ago, and I have never seen anything so brazen." eff.org/deeplinks/2021…
Special thanks to @MuckRock for helping us name-and-shame those standing in the way of access to information. View all of 2021's winners here: eff.org/deeplinks/2021…

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