Transparency Update - Inside Investigator

Follow along as we pull back the curtain through FOIA, whistleblowers, and tipsters – all in service of rooting out corruption through investigative journalism. We’re in this together. Welcome to Transparency Update.

It’s Sunshine Week 2026! We have tips and tricks for using your right to know, and guidance on how to use what you uncover.

Exempting ALPR data from FOIA is at odds with the rest of the bill because it does not limit government authorities. It limits the public.

Public officials frequently cite recent increases in the number of public records requests as the cause for backlogs and long response times.

Inside Investigator recently received a tip claiming that Southington was charging an hourly research fee for FOIA requests.

The FOIC has already ruled that ALPR data is likely not exempt because it doesn’t reveal investigatory techniques. It’s just data.

Transparency Update: Public officials frequently won’t answer questions unless they’re statutorily obligated to by a records request.

The FOIC is set to hand us a significant victory in our ongoing bid to comprehensively document sexual misconduct on CT college campuses.

ALPR data is being withheld, and despite a win at the FOIC, we’re back at square one, making it a hollow victory.

When making a FOIA request, how do you make sure what you’re getting back is a comprehensive picture? UConn provides a good example.

Government scandal is often accompanied by a flurry of questions about what went wrong and when. When is transparency the right call?

No matter how straightforward your FOIA request, some officials will come back and tell you that it’s too vague to understand.

This week, Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) celebrates its 50th birthday. The law first went into effect on October 1, 1975.

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