Show Us the Data: The Most Wanted Government Documents

Although agencies are required to create ‘reading rooms’ with information that is commonly requested through the Freedom of Information Act, they do not publish their records on FOIA requests. FOIA request records could be useful for journalists, or for others who are interested in information but haven’t thought to request these records. In fact, records of FOIA requests are FOIA-able, but it takes a long time to get these records. Agencies should be required to proactively provide them.