METHODOLOGY
Ranking of information requesters
Source. Annual “Information requests and requesters” files published by Brazil's Office of the Comptroller General on the Fala.BR platform's FOI Open Data page.
Unit. Each row corresponds to one protocol. We removed any duplicate protocols within each annual file and counted records by IdSolicitante, the unique requester identifier published by CGU.
Anonymity. Records with IdSolicitante=0 or a blank identifier cannot be attributed to a person. They are included in the total number of requests but excluded from the ranking. The result therefore concerns identifiable requesters, not all requesters.
Identification of Luiz. ID 1309345 was verified through known protocols belonging to him. We did not attempt to reidentify other requesters and do not publish their names.
Period. The published version covers the full available series, from 16 May 2012 to 23 October 2026.
Limitations. The dataset covers requests to Brazil's federal Executive branch registered in CGU systems. It excludes state and municipal requests, requests to other branches outside the platform and informal requests. Volume measures use of the law; it does not, by itself, measure the quality, relevance or success of the requests. Luiz's total covers only the verified ID; any other accounts were not combined without documentary proof.
Reproducibility. The data used in the chart are available as a CSV file. The original files can be downloaded from the official CGU page.