Public records, found and explained.

Access to Information (ATIP) and FOIA research for Canada and the US.

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What we do

From the first question to the released pages.

Request scouting & drafting

Find the right agency, check what's already been released, and write requests that are hard to deflect.

Records analysis

Read the release, flag redactions and gaps, and pull out what matters.

Investigative research

Connect records to public filings, court documents and open sources.

AI-assisted document review

Search, sort and summarize large releases fast. Every finding is checked by a person.

Response-clock tracking

Track legal deadlines and extensions, and follow up or complain when they slip.

How it works

Three steps.

1

Tell us what you need

Describe the question. We scope it and say what's realistic.

2

We file and follow

We draft and submit the requests, then track every deadline.

3

You get answers

The records, plus a plain-language summary of what they show.

Who it's for

Anyone who needs government records and lacks the time to chase them.

Journalists

Source documents for stories, filed and tracked while you report.

Researchers

Primary records for academic and policy work.

Advocates

Evidence on how decisions were made and who made them.

Small businesses

Contracts, inspections and regulatory files that affect you.

Richard Shatto
Founder & Lead Researcher

I'm a generalist with a background in sales, administration and marketing, which taught me how organizations work and how to get a straight answer out of them.

I founded PointNexus Access to put that to work on public records, using AI tools to move faster through large releases without cutting corners on accuracy.

Curious and persistent: if the record exists, I'll keep after it.

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