/doj-foia-2017-request-log

Exploring some data about US DOJ 2017 FOIA request log

Primary LanguageJavaScript

doj foia request records

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data comes from this foia request on muckrock.com. i used tabula and google sheets to create a csv (cleaned.csv) of the foia requests.

install and development

  1. $ npm install
  2. $ npm build
  3. project is http://127.0.0.1:8642/

to do/explore

  • what was the longest request? what were the longest 5?
  • what was the quickest request? what were the quickest 5?
  • which office got the most requests? which office had the highest denial rate?
  • what about a three dimensional chart (circle size = days in duration, color = office, something else?)
  • use the form interface as a detail explorer