united-states foia
Where can FOIA requests be found?
<p>United States federal (e.g. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FOIA</a>) and state law allow people to request public records. The requests themselves are public record. Does any public or private entity maintain a database of those requests?</p>

<p>Here is an example for Washington state under <a href="https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.56&amp;full=true" rel="noreferrer">RCW Ch. 42.56</a>. First, you cannot request &quot;all public records requests&quot;, because (RCW 42.56.080)</p>
<blockquote>
<p>(1) A public records request must be for identifiable records. A
request for all or substantially all records prepared, owned, used, or
retained by an agency is not a valid request for identifiable records
under this chapter, provided that a request for all records regarding
a particular topic or containing a particular keyword or name shall
not be considered a request for all of an agency's records.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Second, there is no central agency that maintains all records – you would have to make a request of the State Patrol for all State Patrol records, the Department of Transportation for all Transportation requests, Department of Labor and Industries for their records, Ecology; Gambling; Liquor etc.</p>
<p>There are numerous private persons willing to take your money to make records requests, but they all seem to be &quot;name-driven&quot;, that is, they get records about a specific person (pursuant to RCW 42.56.080). There is no Department of Central Records to whom you can make such a records request.</p>

<p>You won't find a single repository of all FOIA requests, but you will find many large repositories of requests:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.muckrock.com/foi/" rel="noreferrer">Muckrock</a> permits users to submit FOIA requests basically anywhere, and then it publishes both the request and the resulting records to the Internet.</li>
<li><a href="https://foiaonline.gov/foiaonline/action/public/home" rel="noreferrer">FOIA Online</a> tracks requests for many federal agencies.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/oip/available-documents-oip" rel="noreferrer">Department of Justice</a> FOIA logs are published online.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sec.gov/foia/docs/foia-logs" rel="noreferrer">SEC FOIA</a> logs are also published online.</li>
</ul>

<p>The Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy has information about FOIA requests they've received, including some of the released documents: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/oip/available-documents-oip" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.justice.gov/oip/available-documents-oip</a></p>
