Dekree drafts the response using your records, cites the statute, and redacts the PII. You approve and send. Nothing leaves your office without your click.
FIG. 1A FOIA request travels three stages. Dekree handles the first two. The clerk owns the third.
Dekree replaces all three. Same statutes, same forms, same five-day clock. With the typing done for you and a paper trail you can hand to an auditor.
Forwarded from the township inbox or pasted in. Dekree classifies it, extracts the requester, and starts the deadline clock the moment it arrives.
Pulls the right MCL exemptions. Calculates the 5-business-day deadline. Auto-redacts PII the moment it sees a phone number, address, or SSN. Cites the statute inline.
Read it. Edit it. Approve it. The response goes to the requester through your sender domain. Every action is logged with timestamp and user — append-only, audit-grade.
FIG. 1A new FOIA request appears in the inbox with a deadline pill.
Dear Ms. Whitman,
Thank you for your request dated April 26, 2026. Pursuant to the Michigan FOIA, MCL 15.231 et seq., Maplewood Township is granting your request in full.
PII detected on page 2 — auto-redacted.
FIG. 2The draft loads with a confidence score and pre-applied PII redactions.
Postmark message ID: 3f8a-b21c-…
FIG. 3The response is sent and the timeline records who approved, when, and what.
5 business days, holiday-aware
Five business days, holiday-aware. The clock starts the moment a request lands.
Every exemption checked against MCL 15.243(1)(a) through (m). Cited inline.
Permanent server-side redaction
Phone numbers, addresses, SSNs flagged on contact. Permanent server-side redaction.
Forward your township inbox once. Done.
Forward your township inbox once. Dekree handles classification end to end.
Clerks draft. Supervisors approve. Council views. Residents track.
Every action timestamped, attributed, and exportable. Built to survive a review.
Every response Dekree drafts stops at one place: your approve button. No background sends, no auto-replies, no quiet emails to constituents in your name.
Dekree does not send email on your behalf. Ever.
The audit log records who clicked Approve, when, and which version.
Read the draft. Edit if you want. Approve if you mean it. That is the gate.