Citizen's Guide to Sunshine

Unfortunately, public records are treated by some government agencies as a figurative arms race, where the agencies find loopholes or simply abuse (i.e. falsely assert) exemptions to disclosure, and the public must get ever cleverer in their wording and complaints to force the government to follow the law. I’m collecting lessons I’ve learned here in repeatedly defeating unlawful behavior by the government in my records requests.

I am not a lawyer, and I cannot provide you legal advice. If you need professional advice, you should consult a licensed lawyer.

There’s a lot more coming soon.