FragDenStaat

In a democracy, it is essential that citizens are able to freely access information about government actions. The Freedom of Information Act gives everyone the right to request documents from public authorities. With the online platform FragDenStaat, we support citizens in exercising their right to access information from German authorities. Citizens no longer have to wade through the jungle of federal and state laws to submit a request. Requests and responses are published transparently online. In the year the project was launched, the number of requests for information in Germany doubled.

However, FragDenStaat is not just a piece of software – we want to promote freedom of information as such in Germany. To this end, we develop our own campaigns, conduct our own research, develop transparency rankings that compare freedom of information and transparency laws at federal and state level, and take legal action.