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There is no more urgent challenge than responding to the current climate emergency. mySociety’s priority is to give you the power to demand the change we need.
1st August 2022 by Helen Cross
While running mySociety’s Freedom of Information service WhatDoTheyKnow.com we’ve noticed that some public authorities are refusing to process valid FOI requests made via email, including some sent via our website. A few public authorities have gone so far as to switch off their dedicated FOI email addresses, and have been telling our users that they…
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Through SocietyWorks we provide expertise to local government and the public sector, the profits of which are used to fund our charitable work through mySociety.
Built around the needs of councils and their residents, our complete suite of local authority services incorporates highways and environment reporting, waste management, FOI, licensing and more. SocietyWorks also provides a service discovery programme for local authorities, aimed at helping to scope out and refine services that citizens will want to use.
mySociety convenes the renowned TICTeC (The Impacts of Civic Technology) series, bringing together civic tech organisations, policymakers and the global research community to enable better sharing of technology, insights and experience.
Videos and supporting materials from all our previous TICTeC and TICTeC Local events are available on our website.
mySociety’s original research contributes new knowledge and enables crucial evidence-based development of policy and practice around digital participation, transparency and accountability. Find what's available for open reuse in our research portal.
The data underpinning our research and generated by many of our services is free for reuse via our data portal at data.mysociety.org. Many of our services have API access for bulk download of data and incorporation into other civic services.
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