DC Circuit out with a tremendous #FOIA decision this morning, clarifying that court-ordered clawback of agency records is not permissible. I delve into it here: .
Our new http://BIRLS.org site, which lets researchers search millions of records of deceased US veterans, has now been online (and out of beta) for a month.
And so far, in this first month, we've enabled over 3400 researchers to file over 9100 FOIA requests.
As always #Grateful for @ReclaimTheRecs - Thank you for your efforts! #GenealogyNewsFlash
We got a big new data file with millions more names in it today, none of which has ever been available to the public before anywhere on any website. And it's all gonna be free. 😎
Details to come in time, as always, but we just wanted to mention it. Happy #FOIAFriday everyone!
So, we've just passed 25,000 names from the 1821 Census of Ireland available in the Virtual Treasury. Freely available to researchers, 24/7, anywhere in the 🌍. Nice... 😀
These are the sort of callous denials that police departments will issue--can you imagine telling these parents no? And there's no legal basis to withhold it either...even if it were exempt under OPRA (it's not), the common law right to it is undeniable
One of those days.
https://x.com/ReclaimTheRecs/status/1008045750616350720
It's January, so it's time for our annual Missouri Sunshine Law love letters to/with @HealthyLivingMo!
(two of the people cc'ed are our attorneys at @LathropGPM)
Amazing news for #military research! #ReclaimtheRecords has broken through the #VA's Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (#BIRLS) barrier and you can now get the files for free via the Freedom of Information Act. Search here: https://buff.ly/3C2fTlK #genealogy
📣 New file release from MI5!
Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files have been released today.
In a new blog, our Records Specialist Mark Dunton summarises some of the fresh perspectives they contain on the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring: https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/confessions-from-the-cambridge-five/
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