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What Can You Do While Waiting for a FOIA Response?

HE GOVERNMENT IS slow, especially at answering questions about itself. In theory, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lets Americans ask any federal agency for any public record and get a response back within 20 days. All 50 states have

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