Maryland Public Information Act (MPIA) Request Responses from Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Maryland, publishes records of MPIA requests and their responses. The dataset includes requestor details, request descriptions, lead departments, and links to published response documents. It is updated daily, with the last recorded update on 2026-03-22.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in public information requests based on request descriptions and dates.
• Identify frequently requested topics or departments based on lead department and description fields.
• Study requestor demographics and organizational involvement based on requestor name and organization fields.
• Automate monitoring of government transparency by tracking links to newly published response documents.

Strengths

• Update frequency is daily, suggesting current data.
• Includes direct links to primary source response documents.
• Contains structured fields for requestor, department, and date information.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to Montgomery County, Maryland.

Provenance

Source

Montgomery County of Maryland

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official MPIA request processing systems.

Time Range

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Freshness

Daily update frequency; last updated 2026-03-22 03:26:48.759112.

Geography

Montgomery County, Maryland, USA