HF_SPACE_README.md

FOIA Federated Document Search (Public Interest)

🚀 Hugging Face Space – Transparency & Accountability Tool

This application provides semantic search across publicly released U.S. Government FOIA electronic reading rooms. It does not access classified, private, or restricted systems.

What This Is

• Federated FOIA document search
• Semantic + keyword hybrid retrieval
• Redaction-aware exports
• Audit logging

What This Is NOT

• Surveillance
• Intelligence gathering
• Law enforcement tooling
• Political persuasion

Data Sources

• CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room
• FBI Vault
• Other agency FOIA libraries (public releases only)

Compliance

• FOIA-only sources
• robots.txt respected
• Rate-limited adapters
• Redaction before export

Intended Users

Researchers, journalists, historians, and the general public.