Secret-discount auctions create a marketable information commodity for corrupt officials

Evidence

These are businesses whose very business model is to request records under FOIA and to resell those records at a profit. … At five of the six agencies at which I studied the commercial use of FOIA, information resellers were among the most frequent requesters. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 359 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Corrupt auction dealings breed commitment failures that invite mafia enforcement; Bilateral reputation systems fail because information and sanctioning are costly public goods — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 78; Mafia secrecy is functional information control, not just cultural code (+6 more)

Related

• Certain businesses profit by reselling records obtained through FOIA requests. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Certain businesses profit by reselling records obtained through FOIA requests. #exemplifies (0.80) — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 359
• A trustworthy reputation can be exploited because it is imperfectly known #expands (0.78)
• Bilateral reputation systems fail because information and sanctioning are costly public goods #complicates (0.75) — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 78
• Mafia secrecy is functional information control, not just cultural code #expands (0.75)
• Mutual distrust in a transaction generates demand for a third-party guarantor #qualifies (0.72) — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 35