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Watch now: anti-corruption, activism & open data

Did you miss TICTeC, our Impacts of Civic Technology conference? Fear not, several of the sessions are now available on YouTube. Here are our top picks for those interested in transparency & campaigning:

Want more?

Find all resources from TICTeC 2019 here.

Emailed FOI requests officially recognised in Belgium

When we heard from Belgian FOI service Transparencia.be about their latest news, it felt a little like déjà vu.

They've overcome a bureaucratic hurdle identical to one that WhatDoTheyKnow encountered in its early days: read more here.

Could you join our board?

mySociety is currently recruiting trustees: if you can bring experience in legal matters, FOI, data protection or public policy, it would be a real benefit.

Interested? find out more in our Chief Exec Mark's blog post.

Meeting Muckrock

Our US counterparts Muckrock were in the UK last week, for an appearance at the Oxford Literary Festival highlighting their new book.

We took the opportunity to get together and exchange notes on running our respective online FOI services — it's nice to chat with people with whom we have so much in common.

JPat and Beryl from Muckrock in blue, flanked by Louise, Gemma and Gareth from mySociety's Alaveteli team.

And also...

  • Keep up with our progress on better case management of FOI and SAR requests with these weekly updates.
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