[okfn-br] Fwd: [berkmanfriends] Code for America Oakland project: public records requests

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> From: Catherine Bracy <catherinebracy em gmail.com>
> Date: October 9, 2013 at 7:06:23 PM GMT-3
> To: Berkman Friends <berkmanfriends em eon.law.harvard.edu>
> Subject: [berkmanfriends] Code for America Oakland project: public records requests
> 
> Hi Berkfriends,
> 
> Our Code for America team in Oakland this year has built a pretty cool tool to streamline and make more transparent public records requests:
> 
> http://www.codeforamerica.org/2013/10/01/recordtrac-easy-access-to-public-records/
> 
> Some of you may be wondering how this is different from the FOIA Machine that the Center for Investigative Reporting is building after their successful Kickstarter campaign. I love their idea (I'm a backer, in fact) but RecordTrac serves both the citizen AND the government entity. Turns out many times the slowness in responses to FOIA requests isn't nefarious it just happens to be a real pain in the ass for government employees. RecordTrac makes it easier, and allows employees and requestors to have a conversation about the process.
> 
> If anyone wants to know more (or even wants to help redeploy it somewhere else!) I'm happy to connect you with the team. 
> 
> Catherine Bracy
> Organizing and Engagement Director
> Code for America
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