Keyword-based RSS feeds of UK Freedom of Information requests

Posted by Cory Doctorow, May 16, 2008 6:16 AM | permalink

Tom sez, "mySociety's WhatDoTheyKnow.com (an in-beta UK Freedom of Information service), has just added a piece of functionality perfect for the blogging classes. Just drop in any search term (I've used 'adwords' because one of the results is amusing/amazing) and it can generate RSS feeds when new requests or responses enter the system. So if you live in the UK and want to know whenever anyone has made a Freedom of Information request or got a response mentioning something you're interested in, you can now get notified immediately. Basically, it's a cool hack on a good law." Link (Thanks, Tom!)

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#1 posted by cholten99 , May 16, 2008 8:19 AM

Sweet.

Added one for CCTV which, as everyone knows, is totally out of hand.

Now that there's on in my street which records every time I go in or out of my apartment I want to know what lobbying organizations I can join to combat this.

Any suggestions?