Dear Maria, in Germany we recently (august 1) launched a similar site called www.fragdenstaat.de (Translation: Ask your Government). It is run by the Open Knowledge Foundation and supported by several organisations - such as Transparency International Germany, trade unions, Reporters without Borders, n-ost and Access Info Europe.
Best from Berlin Christian -- Christian Mihr Senior Editor euro|topics / Head of Media Policy Projects n-ost -- Network for Reporting on Eastern Europe Neuenburger Strasse 17 D-10969 Berlin T: +49 (0)30-259 32 83-13 F: +49 (0)30-259 32 83-24 S: elcosaco1 Tw: twitter.com/cmihr FB: facebook.com/cmihr E: mihr at n-ost.org www.n-ost.org -- n-ost PROJECTS: www.eurotopics.net www.kulturama.org www.legalleaks.info n-ost @ SOCIAL MEDIA: www.twitter.com/n_ost www.facebook.com/nost.online -- The Network for Reporting on Eastern Europe is --> an agency producing journalistic content from and on Eastern Europe. --> a network linking journalists, experts and media initiatives from around 40 European countries. --> a media policy NGO strengthening quality journalism and foreign reporting. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: uctqbwo at ucl.ac.uk, marialuisa at votainteligente.cl Date: 21.09.2011 19:05:40 Subject: Re: [foianet] Information access web sites > Dear Maria, > > See also www.thestory.ie in Ireland. This site is run by journalist Gavin > Sheridan who has done a huge amount of work on submitting FOI requests, > putting the materials he receives into a form that aids analysis (e.g. in > spreadsheets) and publishing everything on the site.?? > > Regards, > > Maeve McDonagh, > University College Cork > > ________________________________ > > From: foianet-bounces at lists.foiadvocates.info on behalf of ben worthy > Sent: Wed 21/09/2011 17:37 > To: 'Maria Luisa Sotomayor' > Cc: 'Foianet' > Subject: Re: [foianet] Information access web sites > > > > Dear Maria, > > The most famous site here in the UK is whatdotheyknow.com which is very > similar to what you describe and now accounts for around 10% of all > requests. It is run by mySociety who do lots of other innovations around > data. The site is here http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/ and they also have a > blog??http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/blog. A similar site is also to be > launched in Germany and, later in the year, for the EU -here's a short blog > post about it http://constitution-unit.com/2011/08/03/was-wissen-sie/. > > I hope this helps, > > Ben > > Research Associate > Constitution Unit > Department of Political Science, University College London, 29-30 Tavistock > Square, London WC1H 9QU, United Kingdom > > Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 4974 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7679 4978 > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: foianet-bounces at lists.foiadvocates.info > [mailto:foianet-bounces at lists.foiadvocates.info] On Behalf Of Maria Luisa > Sotomayor > Sent: 21 September 2011 14:49 > To: Foianet > Subject: [foianet] Information access web sites > > > Dear FOIA advocates, in Chile we've developed a web platform called "Acceso > Inteligente" (Smart Access, a web application that allows citizens to > request public information from any Chilean government agency, all from a > single website, a "one-stop-shop". Once an individual submits an information > request (protected by FOIA regulation), Acceso Inteligente automatically > connects with the online form of each public agency to which information > requests are addressed. All answers to those requests are then published > online as a searchable data base, so that Citizens may consult relevant > information within previous requests (and answers to them) before submitting > a new request. > > Do you know if there are any other similar sites in the rest of the world? > Your help will be very useful to us. > Thanks so much! > > Best Regards, > > Maria Luisa Sotomayor > Chief of Communications > Ciudadano Inteligente Foundation / Chile > www.ciudadanointeligente.org > 56 2 4192770 / 56 9 92379372 > > > > >
