TSM FOIA Watch: National Database of State & Federal Public Records Requests

Name: True Signal Media FOIA Database – State & Federal Public Records Tracker
Creator: True Signal Media
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Our FOIA Tracker: Transparency in Real Time

True Signal Media operates on a simple principle: show your work. This live tracker documents every Freedom of Information Act request we’ve filed with federal and state agencies—what we’ve asked for, when we asked for it, and whether agencies are meeting their legal obligations to respond.

FOIA requests are the backbone of accountability journalism, but they only work when agencies actually comply. By publishing our tracker, we’re creating a public record of agency responsiveness—or lack thereof. When statutory deadlines pass without acknowledgment, when requests disappear into bureaucratic black holes, when agencies simply ignore legal requirements, that pattern becomes visible here.

Each row represents a specific request: the agency, the subject matter, the date filed, the statutory deadline, and the current status. Green means progress. Red means we’re past deadline and filing appeals. This isn’t just our investigative pipeline—it’s a transparency tool showing how government agencies handle (or mishandle) the public’s right to know.