Q&A: Michael Morisy, Co-Founder of MuckRock
MuckRock is an online startup that helps journalists streamline, track, and fulfill their public records requests. Since May 2010, when the beta version of the site debuted, they’ve had 851 requests...
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Watertown Police Department stubbornly refuses electronic public records...
Despite repeated appeals to reason and official state guidance, the Watertown Police Department stubbornly refuses to step into 2013 and accept electronic public records requests. Nor, apparently,...
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Somerville police want $780 for routine personnel records
For the past several months, the Pioneer Institute and MuckRock have been gathering figures of police salary and overtime pay across Massachusetts. While most departments have been accommodating and...
View ArticleNo Fare! MBTA Tight on Public Records
The MBTA has been attracting a lot of attention lately on how they could save money. But what about how the MBTA makes money? Pioneer wanted to look into fare collection practices on the commuter rail...
View ArticleAuditing the New Transparency Law: Where are the Records Access Officers?
With the advent of the Baker administration, Massachusetts transparency advocates were optimistic that the statute governing public records requests would be among the laws targeted for overhaul. The...
View ArticleCursive and Historical Literacy: A Real World Example
In the age of computers and modern convenience, the relevancy of cursive is continually called into question. Compared to the countless fonts designed with modern aesthetics, cursive seems unwieldy –...
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Somerville police want $780 for routine personnel records
For the past several months, the Pioneer Institute and MuckRock have been gathering figures of police salary and overtime pay across Massachusetts. While most departments have been accommodating and...
View ArticleNo Fare! MBTA Tight on Public Records
The MBTA has been attracting a lot of attention lately on how they could save money. But what about how the MBTA makes money? Pioneer wanted to look into fare collection practices on the commuter rail...
View ArticleAuditing the New Transparency Law: Where are the Records Access Officers?
With the advent of the Baker administration, Massachusetts transparency advocates were optimistic that the statute governing public records requests would be among the laws targeted for overhaul. The...
View ArticleCursive and Historical Literacy: A Real World Example
In the age of computers and modern convenience, the relevancy of cursive is continually called into question. Compared to the countless fonts designed with modern aesthetics, cursive seems unwieldy –...
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