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.