request_metadata: Metadata about requests in the MuckRock database
Description
A dataset containing metadata about the individual requests in the
MuckRock database of Freedom of Information Act requests.
Format
A data frame with 18970 rows and 19 variables:
- request_id
- The MuckRock internal ID of the request.
- user_id
- The MuckRock internal ID of the user who submitted the request.
- title
- The title of the request.
- status
- The request's current status. Options are "no docs" (there is nothing to release),
"appealing" (the decision to not-release is being appealed", "done" (the request is completed),
"fix" (the request needs changes before it can be completed), "rejected" (the agency rejected
the request), "partial" (the request was partially completed), "abandoned" (the requestor gave up),
"processed" (the request is in the works), "payment" (the request requires payment to the agency),
"submitted" (the request has been submitted, but no other action has been taken), and "ack" (the
request has been acknowledged, but no other action taken).
- jurisdiction_id
- The ID of the jurisdiction. Matches the ID in
jurisdiction_metadata. - agency_id
- The ID of the agency. Matches the ID in
agency_metadata. - date_submitted
- The date the request was submitted.
- date_done
- The date the request was completed.
- date_due
- The date a response is due from the agency.
- days_until_due
- The number of days until the response is due.
- date_followup
- The date of any followup.
- is_embargoed
- Whether the results of the request are currently under an embargo.
- date_embargo
- The date any embargo expire(s|d) on.
- price
- The processing fee charged for the request.
- description
- a description of the request.
- tracking_id
- The tracking ID assigned to the request by the agency it was submitted
to.
- tags
- Any metadata tags associated with the request.
- agency_name
- The name of the agency the request was submitted to.
- jurisdiction_name
- The name of the jurisdiction the agency resides in.