Foi exchanger
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The document describes a proposed "FOI anonymiser" which would allow people to anonymously suggest Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to be made through a third party. This would allow whistleblowers to expose information within their organizations while remaining anonymous for legal and career protection reasons. The system would work by allowing Person A to anonymously suggest an FOI request, which Person B could then choose to make through WhatDoTheyKnow. Person B would receive points for doing so, boosting the prominence of their own requests. Some unresolved questions around anonymity and prioritizing certain requests are discussed. Implementation would require two days of coding and some design/UX work.
Foi exchanger
- 1. The FOI anonymiser 2nd Anoniversary by Anonymous9000 on F Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 2. What’s this for? This is a presentation for a pitch session from the workshops at the Local by Social North West edition - 18 March 2011. worked on by @ingridk and @rickseymour Find out more at http://localbysocial.net Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 3. Whistle blowing? ElectronicFrontierFoundation on Flickr Can be career damaging Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 4. Rules for FOI • must be a named person • can’t be anonymous • BUT an email address is enough.... Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 5. The traditional methods info@lancaster.gov.uk Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 6. Public FOI requests has the advantage of making FOI requests public and shareable Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 7. The problem council worker wants to whistle blow (but not really....) Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 8. FOI exchange • log onto What Do They Know • I want to make anonymous FOI request • another person see the ‘request for a request’ • Person B - takes ownership and makes request • Person A can view and follow request • This IS a legally compliant request! Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 9. suggest an FOI Person C can vote on A C interesting suggestions or follow FOIs Person A works inside an organisation - and wants information exposed. A submits a suggested FOI to the What Do They FOI exchanger exchange Know? make an FOI Person B visits the FOI Person B gets ‘points’ exchange, perhaps to for making the FOI, make their own which means his/her suggestion and sees A’s request is given a little request. Thinks it’s interesting and makes an B extra prominence in the exchange FOI request via WDTK Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 10. Rewards for playing • Person B gets points for making Person A’s request • Person B’s questions get higher up the scale • others can vote on questions to be asked Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 11. unresolved questions • is there a dispute about ‘real question from a real person’ • maintaining anonymity • giving prominence and promotion to juicy questions. Saturday, 19 March 2011
- 12. What do we need to make this happen? • Two days coding - Ruby on Rails • A little bit more design UI/UX • MySociety adoption? • A bit of push... Saturday, 19 March 2011