alt Hacker NewsJust because the records created on behalf of the government are held by a private enterprise doesn't mean they aren't government records.
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specialist • today at 11:16 AM
Yes but: Privatization is an effective way to negate the public's right know.
eg Some companies have claimed trade secret protections to prevent public access. Infamously, election administration vendors like Diebold.
I imagine anyone trying to investigate govt activities conducted by Palantir (for example) will run into similar stonewalling. Even getting the fulltext of contracts can be challenging.
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Right, I agree. My point is that the FOIA laws of many states forbid disclosing the data this web page purports to surface.