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A million public requests on WhatDoTheyKnow
Pop open the bubbly — this is huge! Yes, it’s a big day for us, as the number of Freedom of Information requests on WhatDoTheyKnow ticks over to a mahoosive one million. That milestone was reached at...
View ArticleWhat would the world look like without WhatDoTheyKnow?
Yesterday we shared the news that WhatDoTheyKnow has processed its millionth public request. The site’s been around since 2008, nearly as long as the UK’s right to information, and we think it’s fair...
View ArticleYou can use WhatDoTheyKnow for the good of the climate
As we look back on a million public requests, we’re also looking to the future and how WhatDoTheyKnow might be leveraged for the most important issue of our generation — the climate. The climate...
View ArticleWhat’s on WhatDoTheyKnow?
In celebration of our millionth public FOI request on WhatDoTheyKnow, we’ve been examining many aspects of the service — and now we come to that huge archive of released information, built up by...
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Freedom of Information to support social change
Rethinking our approach to marginalised communities Read our new report ‘Using Access to Information to support social change’ Freedom of information is for everyone: that’s something we believe, and...
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This is not just any Impact Report…
…this is mySociety’s 20th anniversary Impact Report! This has been a very special year – mySociety’s 20th anniversary. So we haven’t just put together our usual review of the past twelve months: this...
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Getting the most from FOI
We are currently running a series of free, online seminars on Using Freedom of Information for Campaigning and Advocacy. The aim is to upskill social change organisations, particularly those working...
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Telling stories with FOI data
In the second seminar of our Using Freedom of Information for Campaigning and Advocacy series, we learned how to use information from FOI requests to create stories and further your cause. First, we...
View ArticleCreating datasets from FOI data
Responses obtained from a widespread FOI project can be difficult to analyse, until they are sorted into neat datasets. This allows you to make valid comparisons, pull out accurate statistics and...
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Access to Information network: data visualisation Show and Tell
Organisations all around the world run Freedom of Information sites based on our Alaveteli platform. There are also sites running on other codebases. Either way, we’re all working to the same goals,...
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