FOIA and Public Records Hacking: How to Complete a FOIA Request or Dox Yourself via the Privacy Act

Presented at The Eleventh HOPE (2016), July 24, 2016, 11 a.m. (60 minutes)

Learn how the key to writing successful FOIA requests is reverse engineering agency data structures. This talk will include an overview on writing successful FOIA or Privacy Act requests, including updates from recent cases. You will learn the step by step process of drafting a request, using the FBI as an example. This talk is great for activists, students, researchers, journalists, and people with security clearances (especially after the OPM hack).


Presenters:

  • Caitlin Kelly Henry
    Caitlin Kelly Henry is a Bay Area based attorney and professor. Her practice includes FOIA, watch-list investigations, business formation, and work with incarcerated people.

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