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J. Patrick Brown, the executive editor of MuckRock, talks about how to tap into government databases through public records. PHOTO BY RUI HUANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Hacking FOIA” explores requesting public information from government databases

Megan Mulligan March 16, 2017

A gag order on staff at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a hiring freeze in federal agencies, and budget cuts throughout the government: today’s cultural and political climate have increased...

A bill seeking to make private college police records public is in a committee in the Massachusetts State Legislature. Boston University students currently have to go to the Boston University Police Department and have the records read to them because they do not exist online. PHOTO BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Bill seeks to make private college police department records public

Carolyn Hoffman October 15, 2015

A bill in the Massachusetts State Legislature seeks to make private college police departments operate similarly to city departments by making records publicly available, which could have implications...

Under the eye of the FBI

Daily Free Press Admin November 20, 2013

Writer and professor Asimov drawn into communist paranoia Among the anti-war protesters of Boston University in the 1960s, prolific science fiction writer and biochemist Isaac Asimov made a place for...

Mass. lawmakers look to provide public access to gov’t. docs.

Daily Free Press Admin October 20, 2013

In order to provide more access to information for the public, Massachusetts lawmakers revisited a law on Tuesday to give access to state records in a simplified and affordable way. Proponents...

Mass. Leg. site one of least transparent in nation

Daily Free Press Admin March 20, 2013

The Massachusetts Legislature website is one of the least transparent government websites in the U.S., according to a transparency report card released by the Sunlight Foundation last Wednesday. The...

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