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*Around 10% of requests to Central Government are made through WhatDoTheyKnow.com.<sup>[http://www.mysociety.org/2010/07/05/whatdotheyknows-share-of-central-government-foi-requests-q1-2010/]</sup> | *Around 10% of requests to Central Government are made through WhatDoTheyKnow.com.<sup>[http://www.mysociety.org/2010/07/05/whatdotheyknows-share-of-central-government-foi-requests-q1-2010/]</sup> | ||
*over 5,000 public bodies have been added to the site mainly by volunteers | *over 5,000 public bodies have been added to the site, mainly by volunteers | ||
==Recognition== | ==Recognition== | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 30 June 2011
WhatDoTheyKnow.com is a website which allows anyone to make a Freedom of Information request in public.[1]
- Around 10% of requests to Central Government are made through WhatDoTheyKnow.com.[2]
- over 5,000 public bodies have been added to the site, mainly by volunteers
Recognition
- Daily Telegraph best green websites - ranked number 2 [3][4]
- New Media Awards - Democracy in Action Finalists 2008 [5][6]
- New Media Awards - Innovation Winner 2008 [7]
ICO advice
The ICO advises information professionals to: "Check out websites and blogs that cover freedom of information issues, such as www.whatdotheyknow.com, ..." [8]
