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As of February 8, 2024
r/foia
FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
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/r/FOIA is a place to post links to documents obtained using the Freedom of Information Act or other public records laws. Feel free to post news stories that relied heavily on FOIA as well if the story also provides the documents used in the reporting. If you have questions about FOIA, ask and we will get you the answers.
All about Freedom of Information Act requests and other requests for information from governments worldwide.
If you have questions about a FOIA you have filed or plan to file, please include whether it is state, federal or local and the name of the agency with your original post.
/r/FOIA is a ...
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April 23, 2011
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Total Submissions
1,089
Total Comments
3,178
Earliest Submission
January 25, 2013
Earliest Comment
December 18, 2013
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Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 1,433 | 53,639 | 10111.7 | 0.4 | 22607.49 | |
| #2 | 117 | 23,182 | 825.6 | 0.2 | 4270.92 | |
| #3 | 38 | 26,031 | 268.1 | 0.2 | 1235.32 | |
| #4 | 49 | 39,686 | 345.8 | 0.3 | 1044.83 | |
| #5 | 68 | 87,145 | 479.8 | 0.7 | 660.32 | |
| #6 | 57 | 99,135 | 402.2 | 0.8 | 486.56 | |
| #7 | 34 | 63,080 | 239.9 | 0.5 | 456.11 | |
| #8 | 31 | 63,274 | 218.7 | 0.5 | 414.59 | |
| #9 | 52 | 120,759 | 366.9 | 1.0 | 364.39 | |
| #10 | 1,013 | 2,660,204 | 7148.0 | 22.2 | 322.24 | |
| #11 | 93 | 287,316 | 656.2 | 2.4 | 273.91 | |
| #12 | 30 | 96,262 | 211.7 | 0.8 | 263.73 | |
| #13 | 78 | 302,842 | 550.4 | 2.5 | 217.95 | |
| #14 | 31 | 147,543 | 218.7 | 1.2 | 177.80 | |
| #15 | 51 | 251,396 | 359.9 | 2.1 | 171.67 | |
| #16 | 83 | 482,433 | 585.7 | 4.0 | 145.59 | |
| #17 | 152 | 1,022,393 | 1072.6 | 8.5 | 125.81 | |
| #18 | 30 | 202,792 | 211.7 | 1.7 | 125.19 | |
| #19 | 129 | 954,325 | 910.3 | 8.0 | 114.39 | |
| #20 | 325 | 2,513,504 | 2293.3 | 21.0 | 109.42 | |
| #21 | 33 | 258,451 | 232.9 | 2.2 | 108.05 | |
| #22 | 1,332 | 11,217,109 | 9399.0 | 93.5 | 100.49 | |
| #23 | 250 | 2,112,467 | 1764.1 | 17.6 | 100.15 | |
| #24 | 39 | 384,951 | 275.2 | 3.2 | 85.73 | |
| #25 | 37 | 450,274 | 261.1 | 3.8 | 69.54 | |
| #26 | 40 | 489,323 | 282.3 | 4.1 | 69.18 | |
| #27 | 83 | 1,047,587 | 585.7 | 8.7 | 67.05 | |
| #28 | 140 | 1,806,304 | 987.9 | 15.1 | 65.59 | |
| #29 | 49 | 642,036 | 345.8 | 5.4 | 64.58 | |
| #30 | 464 | 6,138,188 | 3274.1 | 51.2 | 63.97 | |
| #31 | 168 | 2,298,660 | 1185.5 | 19.2 | 61.85 | |
| #32 | 34 | 469,664 | 239.9 | 3.9 | 61.26 | |
| #33 | 101 | 1,502,821 | 712.7 | 12.5 | 56.87 | |
| #34 | 206 | 3,260,184 | 1453.6 | 27.2 | 53.47 | |
| #35 | 36 | 606,808 | 254.0 | 5.1 | 50.20 | |
| #36 | 104 | 1,757,195 | 733.9 | 14.7 | 50.08 | |
| #37 | 204 | 3,455,903 | 1439.5 | 28.8 | 49.95 | |
| #38 | 111 | 1,960,292 | 783.3 | 16.3 | 47.92 | |
| #39 | 119 | 2,256,829 | 839.7 | 18.8 | 44.62 | |
| #40 | 43 | 816,871 | 303.4 | 6.8 | 44.55 | |
| #41 | 83 | 1,598,852 | 585.7 | 13.3 | 43.93 | |
| #42 | 54 | 1,128,240 | 381.0 | 9.4 | 40.50 | |
| #43 | 46 | 981,764 | 324.6 | 8.2 | 39.65 | |
| #44 | 37 | 839,711 | 261.1 | 7.0 | 37.29 | |
| #45 | 42 | 978,361 | 296.4 | 8.2 | 36.33 | |
| #46 | 104 | 2,448,452 | 733.9 | 20.4 | 35.94 | |
| #47 | 38 | 896,403 | 268.1 | 7.5 | 35.87 | |
| #48 | 34 | 867,159 | 239.9 | 7.2 | 33.18 | |
| #49 | 84 | 2,220,676 | 592.7 | 18.5 | 32.01 | |
| #50 | 136 | 3,683,560 | 959.7 | 30.7 | 31.24 |