The FOIA Machine Will Simplify Your Right to Information

Filing FOIA requests is the stuff of nightmares. First the paperwork, then the waiting and the keeping track of it. And, if you're the kind of person who files many in a day, it can be a rabbit hole from which you may never return. To make the process less painful, the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) built the FOIA machine, for which it is raising funds on Kickstarter

Quite simply, the FOIA machine is an open-source, online interface that works to make the process of filing FOIA requests easier. The application aims to take the laborious and time-consuming process and simplify it so anyone can use it. The interface makes the laws and best practices of filing a FOIA request accessible in one place