Paperwrenching 101

A Civic Guide to Government Accountability

A guide to making oneself a formal, procedural pain in the ass.

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Mapping jurisdiction and the escalation roadmap
Filing federal, state and local records requests
Testing exemptions, redactions and privilege
Spotting records and open-meetings violations
Writing letters with legal teeth
Filing a public-records lawsuit without a lawyer
Sample filings, worksheets, glossary and state-by-state reference