Can put contents at the top now that we have contact us at bottom of each page. Seems to look better and scan better.

<% @title = "About" %>

Contents

Introduction

Making requests

Privacy policy

FOI officers

Credits

Contact us

If your question isn't answered here, or you just wanted to let us know
    something about the site, contact us.

Introduction to WhatDoTheyKnow #

What is WhatDoTheyKnow for? #

To help you find out inside information about what the UK government
is doing.

How does the site work? #

You choose the public authority that you would like information from, then
write a brief note describing what you want to know. We then send your request
to the public authority. Any response they make is automatically published on the
website for you and anyone else to find and read.

Why would I bother to do this? #

You pay taxes, and then government does things with the money. All sorts of
things that affect your life, from healthcare through to national defence. Some
it does badly, some it does well. The more we find out about how government
works, the better able we are to make suggestions to improve the things that
are done badly, and to celebrate the things that are done well.

Why would the public authority bother to reply? #

Under Freedom of Information (FOI) law, they have to respond.

Who makes it? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is created and run by mySociety,
and was initially funded by the JRSST Charitable Trust. mySociety is a project of the
registered charity UK Citizens Online Democracy.
If you like what we're doing, then you can
make a donation.

Making requests #

You're missing the public authority that I want to request from! #

Please contact us with the name of the public authority and,
if you can find it, their contact email address for Freedom of Information requests.
If you'd like to help add a whole category of public authority to the site, for example all
primary care trusts or all schools, then please
edit this shared spreadsheet (Google account required).

How quickly will I get a response? #

By law public authorities must respond "promptly", and in any event not later
than 20 working days after receiving your request. The date of that hard limit
is shown on the page for your request. You will be emailed if this date goes by
without a response, so you can send the public authority another note to remind
them that they are breaking the law. Note: If you had to
clarify your request, the clock starts from that date, instead of the date they
received your initial request.

What if I'm not satisfied with the response? #

If you didn't get the information you asked for, or you didn't get it in time,
then read our page 'Unhappy about the response you got?'.

Can you tell me more of the nitty gritty about the process of making requests? #

Have a look at the
access to official information
pages on the Information Commisioner's website.

Can I request information about myself? #

No. Requests made using WhatDoTheyKnow are public, made under the Freedom of
Information Act, and cannot help you find information about a private
individual.

If you would like to know what information a public
authority holds about yourself, you should make a "Subject Access Request" in
private using Data Protection law.  The leaflet Subject
Access - A guide for data subjects (on the Information Commisioner's
website) explains how to do this.

If you see that somebody has included personal information, perhaps
unwittingly, in a request, please contact us
immediately so we can remove it.

I'd like to keep my request secret! (At least until I publish my story) #

WhatDoTheyKnow is currently only designed for public requests. All
responses that we receive are automatically published on the website for anyone
to read.  You should contact the public authority directly if you would like to
make a request in private.  If you're interested in buying a system which helps
you manage FOI requests in secret, then contact us.

Why can I only request information about the environment from some authorities? #

Some public authorities, such as South East Water,
don't come under the Freedom of Information Act, but do come under another law called
the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). It's a very similar law, so you make a request
to them using WhatDoTheyKnow in just the same way as an FOI request. The only difference
is that on the page where you write you request, it reminds you that you can only
request "environmental information" and tells you what that means. It is quite broad.

So can I request information using EIR from other authorities? #

Yes, just make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request as normal. The
authority has a duty to work out if the Environmental Information Regulations
(EIR) is the more appropriate legislation to reply under.

Privacy policy #

Who gets to see my email address? #

We will not disclose your email address to anyone unless we are obliged to by law,
or you ask us to. This includes the public authority that you are sending a
request to.  They only get to see an email address
@whatdotheyknow.com which is specific to that request.

If you send a message to another user on the site, then it will reveal your
email address to them. You will be told that this is going to happen.

Will you send nasty, brutish spam to my email address? #

Nope. After you sign up to WhatDoTheyKnow we will only send you emails
relating to a request you made, an email alert that you have signed up for,
or for other reasons that you specifically authorise. We will never give or
sell your email addresses to anyone else, unless we are obliged to by law, or
you ask us to.

Why will my name appear publicly on the site? #

It means that someone researching the same area can get in touch with you,
and maybe give you more information or ideas relating to your request.  Also,
we're going to publish the response with the name of the civil servant who
wrote it, so it seems only fair that your name should be public too!
Therefore, we encourage you to use your real name, but you may use a pseudonym
if you would like to be anonymous.

So I can make an FOI request using a pseudonym? #

It is good practice for the public authority to reply to an anonymous request,
except in special circumstances such as if they suspect you of making vexatious
requests. See Freedom of Information Good Practice Guidance No 6
for details.  You should refer to this if a public authority attempts to refuse
a request because you used a pseudonym.

However, there are good reasons to use your real name: see the previous
question.  If nothing else, it avoids the risk of an authority being picky,
ignoring the guidance and refusing your request.

They've asked for my postal address! #

If a public authority asks you for your full, physical address, reply to them saying
that section 8.1.b of the FOI Act asks for an "address for correspondence",
and that the email address you are using is sufficient.

The Ministry of Justice has guidance
on this –
"As well as hard copy written correspondence, requests that are
transmitted electronically (for example, in emails) are acceptable
... If a request is received by email and no postal address is given, the email
address should be treated as the return address."

As if that isn't enough, the Information Commissioner's
Hints for Practitioners say
"Any correspondence could include a request for information. If it is written (this includes e-mail), legible, gives the name of the applicant, an address for reply (which could be electronic), and includes a description of the information required, then it will fall within the scope of the legislation."

No no, they need a postal address to send a paper response! #

If an authority only has a paper copy of the information that you want,
they may ask you for a postal address. To start with, try persuading them
to scan in the documents for you. You can even offer to gift them a scanner, which in that particular case
embarrassed the authority into finding one they had already.

If that doesn't work, and you want to provide your postal address privately
in order to receive the documents, then please contact
us.

How do you moderate request annotations? #

Annotations on WhatDoTheyKnow are to help
people get the information they want, or to give them pointers to places they
can go to help them act on it. We reserve the right to remove anything else.

Endless, political discussions are not allowed.
Post a link to a suitable forum or campaign site elsewhere.

FOI officer questions #

I just got here from bottom of an FOI request, what is going on? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is a service run by a charity. It helps ordinary members
of the public make FOI requests, and easily track and share the responses.

The FOI request you received was made by someone using WhatDoTheyKnow. You can
simply reply to the request as you would any other request from an individual.
The only difference is that your response will be automatically published on
the Internet.

If you have privacy or other concerns, please read the answers below.
You might also like to read this page from the top to find out more about what
the site does from the point of view of a user. You can also search the
site to find the authority that you work for, and view the status of
any requests made using the site.

Finally, we welcome comments and
thoughts from FOI officers, please get in touch.

Why are you publishing responses to FOI requests? #

We think there are lots of benefits. Most importantly it will encourage the
public to be more interested and involved in the work of government. We
also hope that it will reduce the number of duplicate requests on any
subject that a public body will receive. Given that Freedom of Information
responses contain public information, which anybody could easily request
again from the public authority, we think there should be no reason not to
publish it widely.

Are the people making requests real people? #

Yes. For the purposes of keeping track of responses we use
computer-generated email addresses for each request. However, before
they can send a request, each user must register on the site with a
unique email address that we then verify. You can search this site and
find a page listing all requests that each person has made.

An email isn't a sufficient address for an FOI request! #

Yes it is. This
letter from the ICO to Rother District Council gives guidance on the matter, specifically
in the context of requests made via WhatDoTheyKnow.

Aren't you making lots of vexatious requests? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is not making any requests. We are sending requests on
behalf of our users, who are real people making the requests.

Look at it like this - if lots of different people made requests from
different Hotmail email addresses, then you would not think that Microsoft were
making vexatious requests. It is exactly the same if lots of requests are made
via WhatDoTheyKnow. Moreover, since all requests are public it is much easier
for you to see if one of our users is making vexatious requests, and for us to
block them when that happens.

If that isn't enough for you, the
letter from the ICO to Rother District Council gives some guidance on the matter.

Isn't it a problem that you publish the names of civil servants and the text of emails? #

Officers or servants responding to requests are doing so on behalf of the
public as part of their job, and we publish their response on that
basis. Usually the names and phone numbers of FOI officers are already
available on authority websites. We also encourage our users to give their real
name too, so it is fair both ways.

Do you publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers? #

We automatically remove email addresses and labelled mobile phone numbers
that are in the email part of responses from public authorities. Please
contact us if we've missed one. We don't currently
remove these from attachments,
such as Word documents.

Can you take down private information about me? #

If you see any information on the site which you'd like us to remove or
hide, then please let us know. We'll then
remove it, provided it is genuinely private information. In particular, we
will remove remarks that are irrelevantly personal.

Credit where credit is due #

Which people made WhatDoTheyKnow? #

Oh, nearly everyone (and maybe you too)!

    Heather Brooke
    (vampy!) has
    been pushing the idea of a UK FOI archive for years now.

    Both Phil Rodgers and Francis Irving
    entered it in a mySociety competition for ideas for public interest websites to build.

    It won,
    and then Chris Lightfoot (RIP :()
    thought up the wheeze of intercepting email responses to requests and
    automatically publishing them.

    Tom Steinberg got the cash to pay for the site from
    a dead chocolate mogul (thank you!) ...

    ... so that Francis Irving, Angie Ahl, Tommy Martin, Louise Crow, Matthew Somerville
    and Tom Steinberg could do the complex mixture of design and coding to build
    what you see today.

    Thanks particularly to Julian Todd (great blog!),
    Francis Davey, and Etienne Pollard for using the site early on and giving
    feedback (and/or legal advice!), and also to all our other users and
    testers.

    Lots of people have been looking up FOI email addresses, and a few
    volunteering to run the site - most especially Adam McGreggor, Alex
    Skene, John Cross and Tony Bowden.

Finally we couldn't do any of this without those
crazy people who volunteer,
amongst many other things, to do the accounts and fill in our VAT return.

You're all stars.

Can I help out?#

Yes please! We're built out of our supporters and volunteers.

You can make a donation. We're a registered charity.

Find out FOI email addresses of authorities that we're missing.

Write a blog post about either WhatDoTheyKnow or an interesting request that you've
    found. Post about it on a forum that you frequent. Tell friends about it.

If you're
    a programmer, get the
    source code
    and send us patches. It's made in Ruby on Rails.

Read more about volunteering with mySociety.

<% @title = "About" %>

Contact us

If your question isn't answered here, or you just wanted to let us know
    something about the site, contact us.

Contents

Introduction

Making requests

Privacy policy

FOI officers

Credits

Introduction to WhatDoTheyKnow #

What is WhatDoTheyKnow for? #

To help you find out inside information about what the UK government
is doing.

How does the site work? #

You choose the public authority that you would like information from, then
write a brief note describing what you want to know. We then send your request
to the public authority. Any response they make is automatically published on the
website for you and anyone else to find and read.

Why would I bother to do this? #

You pay taxes, and then government does things with the money. All sorts of
things that affect your life, from healthcare through to national defence. Some
it does badly, some it does well. The more we find out about how government
works, the better able we are to make suggestions to improve the things that
are done badly, and to celebrate the things that are done well.

Why would the public authority bother to reply? #

Under Freedom of Information (FOI) law, they have to respond.

Who makes it? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is created and run by mySociety,
and was initially funded by the JRSST Charitable Trust. mySociety is a project of the
registered charity UK Citizens Online Democracy.
If you like what we're doing, then you can
make a donation.

Making requests #

You're missing the public authority that I want to request from! #

Please contact us with the name of the public authority and,
if you can find it, their contact email address for Freedom of Information requests.
If you'd like to help add a whole category of public authority to the site, for example all
primary care trusts or all schools, then please
edit this shared spreadsheet (Google account required).

How quickly will I get a response? #

By law public authorities must respond "promptly", and in any event not later
than 20 working days after receiving your request. The date of that hard limit
is shown on the page for your request. You will be emailed if this date goes by
without a response, so you can send the public authority another note to remind
them that they are breaking the law. Note: If you had to
clarify your request, the clock starts from that date, instead of the date they
received your initial request.

What if I'm not satisfied with the response? #

If you didn't get the information you asked for, or you didn't get it in time,
then read our page 'Unhappy about the response you got?'.

Can you tell me more of the nitty gritty about the process of making requests? #

Have a look at the
access to official information
pages on the Information Commisioner's website.

Can I request information about myself? #

No. Requests made using WhatDoTheyKnow are public, made under the Freedom of
Information Act, and cannot help you find information about a private
individual.

If you would like to know what information a public
authority holds about yourself, you should make a "Subject Access Request" in
private using Data Protection law.  The leaflet Subject
Access - A guide for data subjects (on the Information Commisioner's
website) explains how to do this.

If you see that somebody has included personal information, perhaps
unwittingly, in a request, please contact us
immediately so we can remove it.

I'd like to keep my request secret! (At least until I publish my story) #

WhatDoTheyKnow is currently only designed for public requests. All
responses that we receive are automatically published on the website for anyone
to read.  You should contact the public authority directly if you would like to
make a request in private.  If you're interested in buying a system which helps
you manage FOI requests in secret, then contact us.

Why can I only request information about the environment from some authorities? #

Some public authorities, such as South East Water,
don't come under the Freedom of Information Act, but do come under another law called
the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). It's a very similar law, so you make a request
to them using WhatDoTheyKnow in just the same way as an FOI request. The only difference
is that on the page where you write you request, it reminds you that you can only
request "environmental information" and tells you what that means. It is quite broad.

So can I request information using EIR from other authorities? #

Yes, just make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request as normal. The
authority has a duty to work out if the Environmental Information Regulations
(EIR) is the more appropriate legislation to reply under.

Privacy policy #

Who gets to see my email address? #

We will not disclose your email address to anyone unless we are obliged to by law,
or you ask us to. This includes the public authority that you are sending a
request to.  They only get to see an email address
@whatdotheyknow.com which is specific to that request.

If you send a message to another user on the site, then it will reveal your
email address to them. You will be told that this is going to happen.

Will you send nasty, brutish spam to my email address? #

Nope. After you sign up to WhatDoTheyKnow we will only send you emails
relating to a request you made, an email alert that you have signed up for,
or for other reasons that you specifically authorise. We will never give or
sell your email addresses to anyone else, unless we are obliged to by law, or
you ask us to.

Why will my name appear publicly on the site? #

It means that someone researching the same area can get in touch with you,
and maybe give you more information or ideas relating to your request.  Also,
we're going to publish the response with the name of the civil servant who
wrote it, so it seems only fair that your name should be public too!
Therefore, we encourage you to use your real name, but you may use a pseudonym
if you would like to be anonymous.

So I can make an FOI request using a pseudonym? #

It is good practice for the public authority to reply to an anonymous request,
except in special circumstances such as if they suspect you of making vexatious
requests. See Freedom of Information Good Practice Guidance No 6
for details.  You should refer to this if a public authority attempts to refuse
a request because you used a pseudonym.

However, there are good reasons to use your real name: see the previous
question.  If nothing else, it avoids the risk of an authority being picky,
ignoring the guidance and refusing your request.

They've asked for my postal address! #

If a public authority asks you for your full, physical address, reply to them saying
that section 8.1.b of the FOI Act asks for an "address for correspondence",
and that the email address you are using is sufficient.

The Ministry of Justice has guidance
on this –
"As well as hard copy written correspondence, requests that are
transmitted electronically (for example, in emails) are acceptable
... If a request is received by email and no postal address is given, the email
address should be treated as the return address."

As if that isn't enough, the Information Commissioner's
Hints for Practitioners say
"Any correspondence could include a request for information. If it is written (this includes e-mail), legible, gives the name of the applicant, an address for reply (which could be electronic), and includes a description of the information required, then it will fall within the scope of the legislation."

No no, they need a postal address to send a paper response! #

If an authority only has a paper copy of the information that you want,
they may ask you for a postal address. To start with, try persuading them
to scan in the documents for you. You can even offer to gift them a scanner, which in that particular case
embarrassed the authority into finding one they had already.

If that doesn't work, and you want to provide your postal address privately
in order to receive the documents, then please contact
us.

How do you moderate request annotations? #

Annotations on WhatDoTheyKnow are to help
people get the information they want, or to give them pointers to places they
can go to help them act on it. We reserve the right to remove anything else.

Endless, political discussions are not allowed.
Post a link to a suitable forum or campaign site elsewhere.

FOI officer questions #

I just got here from bottom of an FOI request, what is going on? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is a service run by a charity. It helps ordinary members
of the public make FOI requests, and easily track and share the responses.

The FOI request you received was made by someone using WhatDoTheyKnow. You can
simply reply to the request as you would any other request from an individual.
The only difference is that your response will be automatically published on
the Internet.

If you have privacy or other concerns, please read the answers below.
You might also like to read this page from the top to find out more about what
the site does from the point of view of a user. You can also search the
site to find the authority that you work for, and view the status of
any requests made using the site.

Finally, we welcome comments and
thoughts from FOI officers, please get in touch.

Why are you publishing responses to FOI requests? #

We think there are lots of benefits. Most importantly it will encourage the
public to be more interested and involved in the work of government. We
also hope that it will reduce the number of duplicate requests on any
subject that a public body will receive. Given that Freedom of Information
responses contain public information, which anybody could easily request
again from the public authority, we think there should be no reason not to
publish it widely.

Are the people making requests real people? #

Yes. For the purposes of keeping track of responses we use
computer-generated email addresses for each request. However, before
they can send a request, each user must register on the site with a
unique email address that we then verify. You can search this site and
find a page listing all requests that each person has made.

An email isn't a sufficient address for an FOI request! #

Yes it is. This
letter from the ICO to Rother District Council gives guidance on the matter, specifically
in the context of requests made via WhatDoTheyKnow.

Aren't you making lots of vexatious requests? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is not making any requests. We are sending requests on
behalf of our users, who are real people making the requests.

Look at it like this - if lots of different people made requests from
different Hotmail email addresses, then you would not think that Microsoft were
making vexatious requests. It is exactly the same if lots of requests are made
via WhatDoTheyKnow. Moreover, since all requests are public it is much easier
for you to see if one of our users is making vexatious requests, and for us to
block them when that happens.

If that isn't enough for you, the
letter from the ICO to Rother District Council gives some guidance on the matter.

Isn't it a problem that you publish the names of civil servants and the text of emails? #

Officers or servants responding to requests are doing so on behalf of the
public as part of their job, and we publish their response on that
basis. Usually the names and phone numbers of FOI officers are already
available on authority websites. We also encourage our users to give their real
name too, so it is fair both ways.

Do you publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers? #

We automatically remove email addresses and labelled mobile phone numbers
that are in the email part of responses from public authorities. Please
contact us if we've missed one. We don't currently
remove these from attachments,
such as Word documents.

Can you take down private information about me? #

If you see any information on the site which you'd like us to remove or
hide, then please let us know. We'll then
remove it, provided it is genuinely private information. In particular, we
will remove remarks that are irrelevantly personal.

Credit where credit is due #

Which people made WhatDoTheyKnow? #

Oh, nearly everyone (and maybe you too)!

    Heather Brooke
    (vampy!) has
    been pushing the idea of a UK FOI archive for years now.

    Both Phil Rodgers and Francis Irving
    entered it in a mySociety competition for ideas for public interest websites to build.

    It won,
    and then Chris Lightfoot (RIP :()
    thought up the wheeze of intercepting email responses to requests and
    automatically publishing them.

    Tom Steinberg got the cash to pay for the site from
    a dead chocolate mogul (thank you!) ...

    ... so that Francis Irving, Angie Ahl, Tommy Martin, Louise Crow, Matthew Somerville
    and Tom Steinberg could do the complex mixture of design and coding to build
    what you see today.

    Thanks particularly to Julian Todd (great blog!),
    Francis Davey, and Etienne Pollard for using the site early on and giving
    feedback (and/or legal advice!), and also to all our other users and
    testers.

    Lots of people have been looking up FOI email addresses, and a few
    volunteering to run the site - most especially Adam McGreggor, Alex
    Skene, John Cross and Tony Bowden.

Finally we couldn't do any of this without those
crazy people who volunteer,
amongst many other things, to do the accounts and fill in our VAT return.

You're all stars.

Can I help out?#

Yes please! We're built out of our supporters and volunteers.

You can make a donation. We're a registered charity.

Find out FOI email addresses of authorities that we're missing.

Write a blog post about either WhatDoTheyKnow or an interesting request that you've
    found. Post about it on a forum that you frequent. Tell friends about it.

If you're
    a programmer, get the
    source code
    and send us patches. It's made in Ruby on Rails.

Read more about volunteering with mySociety.


Added input to define Self Password Service name in plugin settings

<%= l(:authenticationServiceURL)%>

<%= text_field_tag("settings[authenticationServiceURL]", @settings['authenticationServiceURL'], :size => 50) %>

<%= l(:authenticationServiceName)%>

<%= text_field_tag("settings[authenticationServiceName]", @settings['authenticationServiceName'], :size => 50) %>

<%= l(:authenticationServiceURL)%>

<%= text_field_tag("settings[authenticationServiceURL]", @settings['authenticationServiceURL'], :size => 25) %>

<%= text_field_tag("settings[authenticationServiceName]", @settings['authenticationServiceName'], :size => 25) %>


Fixes some verbage on settings screen

Fixes some verbage on settings screen

git-svn-id: 4158f9403e16ea83fe8a6e07a45f1f3b56a747ab@1574 567b1171-46fb-0310-a4c9-b4bef9110e78

<% content_for :action_nav do %>

<%= link_to "General", '#general' %>

<%= link_to "Publishing", '#publish' %>

<%= link_to "Comments", '#spam' %>

<% end %>

<% form_for :site, :url => { :action => "update" } do |f| %>

General site settings

Website title

<%= f.text_field :title %>

Website subtitle

<%= f.text_field :subtitle %>

      Administrator email
      Shown in emails sent from your site

<%= f.text_field :email %>

Website Timezone

<%= select_tag 'site_timezone', options_for_select(['UTC'] + TZInfo::Timezone.all.map{|tz| [tz.to_s, tz.name]}.sort, @site.timezone.name), :name => 'site[timezone]' %>

<% if false -%>

Publishing and reading

      Urls to ping when publishing

      Each one should be on a separate line.

<%= text_area 'site', 'ping_urls', :rows => 5, :cols => 45 %>

Articles shown on homepage

<%= text_field 'site', 'articles_per_page', :class => 'tiny' %>

      Permalink style
      (How articles are linked to)

      <select name="permalink_style">
        <%= options_for_select(%w(permalink year/month/permalink year/month/day/permalink section/permalink), '') %>
      </select>

<% end -%>

Spam prevention

At the moment Mephisto uses <%= link_to 'Akismet', 'http://akismet.com' %> to automatically handle spam.

Akismet API Key

<%= f.text_field :akismet_key %>

Blog url

<%= f.text_field :akismet_url %>

Comments

<%= f.select :comment_age, comment_expiration_options %>

      <%= f.check_box 'approve_comments' %> Approve and publish all comments automatically.

<%= submit_tag 'Save and apply settings' %>

<% end %>

<% content_for :action_nav do %>

<%= link_to "General", '#general' %>

<%= link_to "Publishing", '#publish' %>

<%= link_to "Comments", '#spam' %>

<% end %>

<% form_for :site, :url => { :action => "update" } do |f| %>

General site settings

Website title

<%= f.text_field :title %>

Website subtitle

<%= f.text_field :subtitle %>

      Administrator email
      Shown in emails sent from your site

<%= f.text_field :email %>

Website Timezone

<%= select_tag 'site_timezone', options_for_select(['UTC'] + TZInfo::Timezone.all.map{|tz| [tz.to_s, tz.name]}.sort, @site.timezone.name), :name => 'site[timezone]' %>

<% if false -%>

Publishing and reading

      Urls to ping when publishing

      Each one should be on a separate line.

<%= text_area 'site', 'ping_urls', :rows => 5, :cols => 45 %>

Articles shown on homepage

<%= text_field 'site', 'articles_per_page', :class => 'tiny' %>

      Permalink style
      (How articles are linked to)

      <select name="permalink_style">
        <%= options_for_select(%w(permalink year/month/permalink year/month/day/permalink section/permalink), '') %>
      </select>

<% end -%>

Spam prevention

At the moment Mephisto uses <%= link_to 'Akismet', 'http://akismet.com' %> to automatically handle spam.

Akismet API Key

<%= f.text_field :akismet_key %>

Blog url

<%= f.text_field :akismet_url %>

Expire Comments

<%= f.select :comment_age, comment_expiration_options %>

      <%= f.check_box 'approve_comments' %> approve and publish all comments automatically.

<%= submit_tag 'Save and apply settings' %>

<% end %>


Correct previously unfixed merge

Correct previously unfixed merge

<% @show_tips = @xapian_requests.nil? || (@total_hits == 0) %>

<% if @query.nil? %>
    <% @title = _("Search Freedom of Information requests, public authorities and users") %>
<% elsif @total_hits == 0 %>
    <% @title = _('There were no requests matching your query.') %>
<% else %>
    <% @title = _("Results page {{page_number}}", :page_number => @page.to_s) %>
<% end%>
<% @include_request_link_in_authority_listing = true %>

<%=@title%>

<%= render :partial => 'localised_datepicker'  %>

<% if @advanced %>

<%= _('To use the advanced search, combine phrases and labels as described in the search tips below.') %>

  <% form_tag(advanced_search_url, :method => "get") do %>
   <%= label_tag(:query, _("Search for:")) %>
   <%= text_field_tag(:query, params[:query], { :size => 40 }) %>
   <%= submit_tag("Search") %>
  <% end %>

<%= link_to(_("Simple search"), search_redirect_url) %>

<% else %>

<% form_tag(request.url, :method => "get") do %>

  <%= label_tag(:query, _("Search for:")) %>
  <%= text_field_tag(:query, params[:query], { :size => 40 }) %>
  <%= submit_tag("Search") %>

 <fieldset>
  <legend>
	<%= _("Filters:") %>
  </legend>

     <% for variety, label in [
	["all", _("everything")],
	["requests", _("requests")],
        ["users", _("users")],
        ["bodies", _("authorities")]]%>

       <% if @variety_postfix != variety %>
        <% if variety != "users" %>
         <%=  link_to label, search_url([params[:query], @common_query], variety, @sort_postfix), :method => :get  %>
	<% else %>
         <%=  link_to label, search_url(params[:query], variety, @sort_postfix), :method => :get  %>
	<% end %>
       <% else %>
         <%= label %>
       <% end %>

     <% end %>

<% if false %>
<%-# Commented out for now as tags are of limited use when users can't see them.  This will change in the future! -%>
<% if @variety_postfix != "users" %>

   <%= label_tag(:query, _("Tags (separated by a space):")) %><%= text_field_tag(:tags, params[:tags], { :size => 20 }) %>
   <% for tag in InfoRequest.get_tags %>
     <%= tag.name_and_value %>
   <% end %>

<% end %>
<% end %>

<% if @variety_postfix == "requests" %>

   <%= _("Only show:") %>

     <% [["successful", _("successful requests")],
        ["unsuccessful", _("unsuccessful requests")],
        ["awaiting", _("unresolved requests")],
        ["internal_review", _("internal reviews")]].each_with_index do |item, index|

	status, title = item %>
      <%= check_box_tag "latest_status[]", status, params[:latest_status].nil? ? false : params[:latest_status].include?(status), :id => "latest_status_#{index}" %>
      <%= label_tag("latest_status_#{index}", title) %>

    <% end %>

  <%= _("Search for words in:") %>

  <% [["sent", _("messages from users")],
     ["response", _("messages from authorities")],
     ["comment", _("comments")]].each_with_index do |item, index|
     variety, title = item %>

   <%= check_box_tag "request_variety[]", variety, params[:request_variety].nil? ? true : params[:request_variety].include?(variety), :id => "request_variety_#{index}" %>
   <%= label_tag("request_variety_#{index}", title) %>

  <% end %>

   Search between dates:
   <%= text_field_tag(:request_date_after, params[:request_date_after], {:class => "use-datepicker", :size => 10}) %> -
   <%= text_field_tag(:request_date_before, params[:request_date_before], {:class => "use-datepicker", :size => 10}) %>

<% end %>
   <%= submit_tag("Filter") %>
 </fieldset>

<% end %>

<%= link_to(_("Advanced search"), advanced_search_url) %>

<% end %>
<% if !@query.nil? %>

    <%=link_to_unless @sortby == 'relevant', _("Show most relevant results first"), search_url(@query, @variety_postfix, 'relevant', @advanced) %>
    |
    <%=link_to_unless @sortby == 'newest', _("Newest results first"), search_url(@query, @variety_postfix, 'newest', @advanced) %>
    <% if @sortby == 'described' %>
    | <%= _('Recently described results first') %>
    <% end %>

<% end %>

<% if not @query.nil? %>
    <% if @spelling_correction %>

<%= _('Did you mean: {{correction}}', :correction => search_link(@spelling_correction, @variety_postfix, @sort_postfix, @advanced)) %>

    <% end %>

    <% if (!@bodies || @xapian_requests_hits == 0) && @track_thing && (@xapian_bodies_hits > 0 || @xapian_users_hits > 0 || @total_hits == 0)%>
        <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_links', :locals => { :track_thing => @track_thing, :own_request => false, :location => 'main' } %>
    <% end %>

    <% if @xapian_bodies_hits > 0 %>
        <% if @xapian_bodies_hits == 1 && @page == 1 %>

<%= _('One public authority matching your search', :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% else %>

<%= _('Public authorities {{start_count}} to {{end_count}} of {{total_count}} for {{user_search_query}}', :start_count => ((@page-1)*@bodies_per_page+1).to_s, :end_count => [@page*@bodies_per_page, @xapian_bodies.matches_estimated].min.to_s, :total_count => @xapian_bodies.matches_estimated.to_s, :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% end %>

        <% for result in @xapian_bodies.results %>
            <%= render :partial => 'public_body/body_listing_single', :locals => { :public_body => result[:model] }  %>
        <% end %>

        <%= will_paginate WillPaginate::Collection.new(@page, @bodies_per_page, @xapian_bodies.matches_estimated) %>
    <% end %>

    <% if @xapian_users_hits > 0 %>
        <% if @xapian_users_hits == 1 && @page == 1 %>

<%= _("One person matching ‘{{user_search_query}}’", :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% else %>

<%= _("People {{start_count}} to {{end_count}} of {{total_count}} for ‘{{user_search_query}}’", :start_count => ((@page-1)*@users_per_page+1).to_s, :end_count =>  [@page*@users_per_page, @xapian_users.matches_estimated].min.to_s, :total_count =>  @xapian_users.matches_estimated.to_s, :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% end %>

        <% for result in @xapian_users.results %>
            <%= render :partial => 'user/user_listing_single', :locals => { :display_user => result[:model] } %>
        <% end %>

        <%= will_paginate WillPaginate::Collection.new(@page, @users_per_page, @xapian_users.matches_estimated) %>
    <% end %>

    <% if @xapian_requests_hits > 0 %>
        <% if @xapian_requests_hits == 1 && @page == 1 %>

<%= _("One FOI request matching your search", :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% else %>

<%= _("FOI requests {{start_count}} to {{end_count}} of {{total_count}}", :start_count => ((@page-1)*@requests_per_page+1).to_s, :end_count => [@page*@requests_per_page, @xapian_requests.matches_estimated].min.to_s, :total_count =>  @xapian_requests.matches_estimated.to_s, :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% end %>

        <% if @track_thing %>
            <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_links', :locals => { :track_thing => @track_thing, :own_request => false, :location => 'main' } %>
        <% end %>

        <% for result in @xapian_requests.results %>
            <%= render :partial => 'request/request_listing_via_event', :locals => { :event => result[:model], :info_request => result[:model].info_request } %>
        <% end %>

        <%= will_paginate WillPaginate::Collection.new(@page, @requests_per_page, @xapian_requests.matches_estimated) %>
        <% if @track_thing %>

            <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_links', :locals => { :track_thing => @track_thing, :own_request => false, :location => 'main' } %>
        <% end %>
    <% end %>
<% end %>

<% if @advanced %>

<%= _("Advanced search tips")%>

<%= _("Enter words that you want to find separated by spaces, e.g. climbing lane") %>

<%= _('Use OR (in capital letters) where you don\'t mind which word,  e.g. commons OR lords') %>

<%= _('Use quotes when you want to find an exact phrase, e.g. "Liverpool City Council"') %>

<%= _('status: to select based on the status or historical status of the request, see the table of statuses below.', :statuses_url => "#statuses") %>

<%= _('variety: to select type of thing to search for, see the table of varieties below.', :varieties_url => "#varieties") %>

<%= _('requested_from:home_office to search requests from the Home Office, typing the name as in the URL.')%>

<%= _('requested_by:julian_todd to search requests made by Julian Todd, typing the name as in the URL.') %>

<%= _('commented_by:tony_bowden to search annotations made by Tony Bowden, typing the name as in the URL.')%>

<%= _('request: to restrict to a specific request, typing the title as in the URL.')%>

<%= _('filetype:pdf to find all responses with PDF attachments. Or try these: {{list_of_file_extensions}}', :list_of_file_extensions => IncomingMessage.get_all_file_extensions)%>

<%= _('Type 01/01/2008..14/01/2008 to only show things that happened in the first two weeks of January.')%>

<%= _('tag:charity to find all public bodies or requests with a given tag. You can include multiple tags,
    and tag values, e.g. tag:openlylocal AND tag:financial_transaction:335633. Note that by default any of the tags
    can be present, you have to put AND explicitly if you only want results them all present.')%>

<%= _('Read about advanced search operators, such as proximity and wildcards.', :advanced_search_url => "http://www.xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html") %>

<%= _('Table of statuses') %>

<%=search_link('status:waiting_response', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Waiting for the public authority to reply') %>

<%=search_link('status:not_held', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The public authority does not have the information requested') %>

<%=search_link('status:rejected', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The request was refused by the public authority') %>

<%=search_link('status:partially_successful', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Some of the information requested has been received') %>

<%=search_link('status:successful', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('All of the information requested has been received') %>

<%=search_link('status:waiting_clarification', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The public authority would like part of the request explained') %>

<%=search_link('status:gone_postal', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The public authority would like to / has responded by post') %>

<%=search_link('status:internal_review', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Waiting for the public authority to complete an internal review of their handling of the request') %>

<%=search_link('status:error_message', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Received an error message, such as delivery failure.') %>

<%=search_link('status:requires_admin', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('A strange reponse, required attention by the {{site_name}} team', :site_name=>site_name) %>

<%=search_link('status:user_withdrawn', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The requester has abandoned this request for some reason') %>

<%= _('Table of varieties') %>

<%=search_link('variety:sent', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Original request sent') %>

<%=search_link('variety:followup_sent', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Follow up message sent by requester') %>

<%=search_link('variety:response', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Response from a public authority') %>

<%=search_link('variety:comment', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Annotation added to request') %>

<%=search_link('variety:authority', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('A public authority') %>

<%=search_link('variety:user', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('A {{site_name}} user', :site_name=>site_name) %>

<% end %>

<% @show_tips = @xapian_requests.nil? || (@total_hits == 0) %>

<% if @query.nil? %>
    <% @title = _("Search Freedom of Information requests, public authorities and users") %>
<% elsif @total_hits == 0 %>
    <% @title = _('There were no requests matching your query.') %>
<% else %>
    <% @title = _("Results page {{page_number}}", :page_number => @page.to_s) %>
<% end%>
<% @include_request_link_in_authority_listing = true %>

<%=@title%>

<%= render :partial => 'localised_datepicker'  %>

<% if @advanced %>

<%= _('To use the advanced search, combine phrases and labels as described in the search tips below.') %>

  <% form_tag(advanced_search_url, :method => "get") do %>
   <%= label_tag(:query, _("Search for:")) %>
   <%= text_field_tag(:query, params[:query], { :size => 40 }) %>
   <%= submit_tag("Search") %>
  <% end %>

<%= link_to(_("Simple search"), search_redirect_url) %>

<% else %>

<% form_tag(request.url, :method => "get") do %>

  <%= label_tag(:query, _("Search for:")) %>
  <%= text_field_tag(:query, params[:query], { :size => 40 }) %>
  <%= submit_tag("Search") %>

 <fieldset>
  <legend>
	<%= _("Filters:") %>
  </legend>

     <% for variety, label in [
	["all", _("everything")],
	["requests", _("requests")],
        ["users", _("users")],
        ["bodies", _("authorities")]]%>

       <% if @variety_postfix != variety %>
        <% if variety != "users" %>
         <%=  link_to label, search_url([params[:query], @common_query], variety, @sort_postfix), :method => :get  %>
	<% else %>
         <%=  link_to label, search_url(params[:query], variety, @sort_postfix), :method => :get  %>
	<% end %>
       <% else %>
         <%= label %>
       <% end %>

     <% end %>

<% if false %>
<%-# Commented out for now as tags are of limited use when users can't see them.  This will change in the future! -%>
<% if @variety_postfix != "users" %>

   <%= label_tag(:query, _("Tags (separated by a space):")) %><%= text_field_tag(:tags, params[:tags], { :size => 20 }) %>
   <% for tag in InfoRequest.get_tags %>
     <%= tag.name_and_value %>
   <% end %>

<% end %>
<% end %>

<% if @variety_postfix == "requests" %>

   <%= _("Only show:") %>

     <% [["successful", _("successful requests")],
        ["unsuccessful", _("unsuccessful requests")],
        ["awaiting", _("unresolved requests")],
        ["internal_review", _("internal reviews")]].each_with_index do |item, index|

	status, title = item %>
      <%= check_box_tag "latest_status[]", status, params[:latest_status].nil? ? false : params[:latest_status].include?(status), :id => "latest_status_#{index}" %>
      <%= label_tag("latest_status_#{index}", title) %>

    <% end %>

  <%= _("Search for words in:") %>

  <% [["sent", _("messages from users")],
     ["response", _("messages from authorities")],
     ["comment", _("comments")]].each_with_index do |item, index|
     variety, title = item %>

   <%= check_box_tag "request_variety[]", variety, params[:request_variety].nil? ? true : params[:request_variety].include?(variety), :id => "request_variety_#{index}" %>
   <%= label_tag("request_variety_#{index}", title) %>

  <% end %>

   Search between dates:
   <%= text_field_tag(:request_date_after, params[:request_date_after], {:class => "use-datepicker", :size => 10}) %> -
   <%= text_field_tag(:request_date_before, params[:request_date_before], {:class => "use-datepicker", :size => 10}) %>

<% end %>
   <%= submit_tag("Filter") %>
 </fieldset>

<% end %>

<%= link_to(_("Advanced search"), advanced_search_url) %>

<% end %>
<% if !@query.nil? %>

    <%=link_to_unless @sortby == 'relevant', _("Show most relevant results first"), search_url(@query, @variety_postfix, 'relevant', @advanced) %>
    |
    <%=link_to_unless @sortby == 'newest', _("Newest results first"), search_url(@query, @variety_postfix, 'newest', @advanced) %>
    <% if @sortby == 'described' %>
    | <%= _('Recently described results first') %>
    <% end %>

<% end %>

<% if not @query.nil? %>
    <% if @spelling_correction %>

<%= _('Did you mean: {{correction}}', :correction => search_link(@spelling_correction, @variety_postfix, @sort_postfix, @advanced)) %>

    <% end %>

    <% if (!@bodies || @xapian_requests_hits == 0) && @track_thing && (@xapian_bodies_hits > 0 || @xapian_users_hits > 0 || @total_hits == 0)%>
        <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_links', :locals => { :track_thing => @track_thing, :own_request => false, :location => 'main' } %>
    <% end %>

    <% if @xapian_bodies_hits > 0 %>
        <% if @xapian_bodies_hits == 1 && @page == 1 %>

<%= _('One public authority matching your search', :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% else %>

<%= _('Public authorities {{start_count}} to {{end_count}} of {{total_count}} for {{user_search_query}}', :start_count => ((@page-1)*@bodies_per_page+1).to_s, :end_count => [@page*@bodies_per_page, @xapian_bodies.matches_estimated].min.to_s, :total_count => @xapian_bodies.matches_estimated.to_s, :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% end %>

        <% for result in @xapian_bodies.results %>
            <%= render :partial => 'public_body/body_listing_single', :locals => { :public_body => result[:model] }  %>
        <% end %>

        <%= will_paginate WillPaginate::Collection.new(@page, @bodies_per_page, @xapian_bodies.matches_estimated) %>
    <% end %>

    <% if @xapian_users_hits > 0 %>
        <% if @xapian_users_hits == 1 && @page == 1 %>

<%= _("One person matching ‘{{user_search_query}}’", :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% else %>

<%= _("People {{start_count}} to {{end_count}} of {{total_count}} for ‘{{user_search_query}}’", :start_count => ((@page-1)*@users_per_page+1).to_s, :end_count =>  [@page*@users_per_page, @xapian_users.matches_estimated].min.to_s, :total_count =>  @xapian_users.matches_estimated.to_s, :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% end %>

        <% for result in @xapian_users.results %>
            <%= render :partial => 'user/user_listing_single', :locals => { :display_user => result[:model] } %>
        <% end %>

        <%= will_paginate WillPaginate::Collection.new(@page, @users_per_page, @xapian_users.matches_estimated) %>
    <% end %>

    <% if @xapian_requests_hits > 0 %>
        <% if @xapian_requests_hits == 1 && @page == 1 %>

<%= _("One FOI request matching your search", :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

        <% else %>
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<%= _("FOI requests {{start_count}} to {{end_count}} of {{total_count}}", :start_count => ((@page-1)*@requests_per_page+1).to_s, :end_count => [@page*@requests_per_page, @xapian_requests.matches_estimated].min.to_s, :total_count =>  @xapian_requests.matches_estimated.to_s, :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

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<%= _("FOI requests  {{start_count}} to {{end_count}} of {{total_count}}", :start_count => ((@page-1)*@requests_per_page+1).to_s, :end_count => [@page*@requests_per_page, @xapian_requests.matches_estimated].min.to_s, :total_count =>  @xapian_requests.matches_estimated.to_s, :user_search_query => h(@query)) %>

>>>>>>> e8ff6d861faefb76c11475a112002cd1b0095590
        <% end %>

        <% if @track_thing %>
            <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_links', :locals => { :track_thing => @track_thing, :own_request => false, :location => 'main' } %>
        <% end %>

        <% for result in @xapian_requests.results %>
            <%= render :partial => 'request/request_listing_via_event', :locals => { :event => result[:model], :info_request => result[:model].info_request } %>
        <% end %>

        <%= will_paginate WillPaginate::Collection.new(@page, @requests_per_page, @xapian_requests.matches_estimated) %>
        <% if @track_thing %>

            <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_links', :locals => { :track_thing => @track_thing, :own_request => false, :location => 'main' } %>
        <% end %>
    <% end %>
<% end %>

<% if @advanced %>

<%= _("Advanced search tips")%>

<%= _("Enter words that you want to find separated by spaces, e.g. climbing lane") %>

<%= _('Use OR (in capital letters) where you don\'t mind which word,  e.g. commons OR lords') %>

<%= _('Use quotes when you want to find an exact phrase, e.g. "Liverpool City Council"') %>

<%= _('status: to select based on the status or historical status of the request, see the table of statuses below.', :statuses_url => "#statuses") %>

<%= _('variety: to select type of thing to search for, see the table of varieties below.', :varieties_url => "#varieties") %>

<%= _('requested_from:home_office to search requests from the Home Office, typing the name as in the URL.')%>

<%= _('requested_by:julian_todd to search requests made by Julian Todd, typing the name as in the URL.') %>

<%= _('commented_by:tony_bowden to search annotations made by Tony Bowden, typing the name as in the URL.')%>

<%= _('request: to restrict to a specific request, typing the title as in the URL.')%>

<%= _('filetype:pdf to find all responses with PDF attachments. Or try these: {{list_of_file_extensions}}', :list_of_file_extensions => IncomingMessage.get_all_file_extensions)%>

<%= _('Type 01/01/2008..14/01/2008 to only show things that happened in the first two weeks of January.')%>

<%= _('tag:charity to find all public bodies or requests with a given tag. You can include multiple tags,
    and tag values, e.g. tag:openlylocal AND tag:financial_transaction:335633. Note that by default any of the tags
    can be present, you have to put AND explicitly if you only want results them all present.')%>

<%= _('Read about advanced search operators, such as proximity and wildcards.', :advanced_search_url => "http://www.xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html") %>

<%= _('Table of statuses') %>

<%=search_link('status:waiting_response', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Waiting for the public authority to reply') %>

<%=search_link('status:not_held', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The public authority does not have the information requested') %>

<%=search_link('status:rejected', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The request was refused by the public authority') %>

<%=search_link('status:partially_successful', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Some of the information requested has been received') %>

<%=search_link('status:successful', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('All of the information requested has been received') %>

<%=search_link('status:waiting_clarification', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The public authority would like part of the request explained') %>

<%=search_link('status:gone_postal', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The public authority would like to / has responded by post') %>

<%=search_link('status:internal_review', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Waiting for the public authority to complete an internal review of their handling of the request') %>

<%=search_link('status:error_message', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Received an error message, such as delivery failure.') %>

<%=search_link('status:requires_admin', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('A strange reponse, required attention by the {{site_name}} team', :site_name=>site_name) %>

<%=search_link('status:user_withdrawn', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('The requester has abandoned this request for some reason') %>

<%= _('Table of varieties') %>

<%=search_link('variety:sent', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Original request sent') %>

<%=search_link('variety:followup_sent', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Follow up message sent by requester') %>

<%=search_link('variety:response', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Response from a public authority') %>

<%=search_link('variety:comment', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('Annotation added to request') %>

<%=search_link('variety:authority', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('A public authority') %>

<%=search_link('variety:user', nil, nil, true)%>	<%= _('A {{site_name}} user', :site_name=>site_name) %>

<% end %>


changed form action url from absolute to relative. thanks, cpuga!

<% content_for :header_tags do %>
    <%= auto_discovery_link_tag(:atom, {:action => 'index', :format => 'atom', :key => User.current.rss_key}) %>
    <%= stylesheet_link_tag "redmine_project_filtering.css", :plugin => "redmine_project_filtering" %>
<% end %>

    <%= link_to(l(:label_project_new), {:controller => 'projects', :action => 'new'}, :class => 'icon icon-add') + ' |' if User.current.allowed_to?(:add_project, nil, :global => true) %>
    <%= link_to(l(:label_issue_view_all), { :controller => 'issues' }) + ' |' if User.current.allowed_to?(:view_issues, nil, :global => true) %>
    <%= link_to(l(:label_overall_spent_time), { :controller => 'time_entries' }) + ' |' if User.current.allowed_to?(:view_time_entries, nil, :global => true) %>
    <%= link_to l(:label_overall_activity), { :controller => 'activities', :action => 'index' }%>

<%=l(:label_project_plural)%>

<% form_tag('projects', :method => :get, :id => :project_filtering) do %>

  <fieldset id="filters" class="collapsible">
    <legend onclick="toggleFieldset(this);"><%= l(:label_filter_plural) %></legend>

        <%= label_tag 'q', l('project_filtering_q_label') %>
        <%= text_field_tag 'q', @question, :size => 30, :id => 'search-input' %>

        <% if license_plugin_detected? %>
          <%= render :partial => 'licenses' %>
        <% end %>
        <%= render :partial => 'custom_field', :collection => @custom_fields_used_for_project_filtering %>

<%= submit_tag( l(:button_send), :id => 'filter_button') -%>

  </fieldset>

<% end %>

<%= javascript_tag "Field.focus('search-input');" %>
<%= javascript_tag "$('filter_button').hide();" %>
<%= observe_form( :project_filtering,
  :frequency => 0.5,
  :url => { :controller => :projects, :action => :index, :format => :js },
  :method => :get
  )
%>

  <%= render :partial => 'filtered_projects' %>

<% if User.current.logged? %>

<%= l(:label_my_projects) %>

<% end %>

<% other_formats_links do |f| %>
	<%= f.link_to 'Atom', :url => {:key => User.current.rss_key} %>
<% end %>

<% html_title(l(:label_project_plural)) -%>

<% content_for :header_tags do %>
    <%= auto_discovery_link_tag(:atom, {:action => 'index', :format => 'atom', :key => User.current.rss_key}) %>
    <%= stylesheet_link_tag "redmine_project_filtering.css", :plugin => "redmine_project_filtering" %>
<% end %>

    <%= link_to(l(:label_project_new), {:controller => 'projects', :action => 'new'}, :class => 'icon icon-add') + ' |' if User.current.allowed_to?(:add_project, nil, :global => true) %>
    <%= link_to(l(:label_issue_view_all), { :controller => 'issues' }) + ' |' if User.current.allowed_to?(:view_issues, nil, :global => true) %>
    <%= link_to(l(:label_overall_spent_time), { :controller => 'time_entries' }) + ' |' if User.current.allowed_to?(:view_time_entries, nil, :global => true) %>
    <%= link_to l(:label_overall_activity), { :controller => 'activities', :action => 'index' }%>

<%=l(:label_project_plural)%>

<% form_tag('/projects', :method => :get, :id => :project_filtering) do %>

  <fieldset id="filters" class="collapsible">
    <legend onclick="toggleFieldset(this);"><%= l(:label_filter_plural) %></legend>

        <%= label_tag 'q', l('project_filtering_q_label') %>
        <%= text_field_tag 'q', @question, :size => 30, :id => 'search-input' %>

        <% if license_plugin_detected? %>
          <%= render :partial => 'licenses' %>
        <% end %>
        <%= render :partial => 'custom_field', :collection => @custom_fields_used_for_project_filtering %>

<%= submit_tag( l(:button_send), :id => 'filter_button') -%>

  </fieldset>

<% end %>

<%= javascript_tag "Field.focus('search-input');" %>
<%= javascript_tag "$('filter_button').hide();" %>
<%= observe_form( :project_filtering,
  :frequency => 0.5,
  :url => { :controller => :projects, :action => :index, :format => :js },
  :method => :get
  )
%>

  <%= render :partial => 'filtered_projects' %>

<% if User.current.logged? %>

<%= l(:label_my_projects) %>

<% end %>

<% other_formats_links do |f| %>
	<%= f.link_to 'Atom', :url => {:key => User.current.rss_key} %>
<% end %>

<% html_title(l(:label_project_plural)) -%>


ensure title-level links are in list AFTER ordinary fulltext. Before we were relying on order of adding to db, service order. that's bad.

<%

  #debugger
   all_responses = fulltext

   (title_level_fulltxt, fulltxt) =
      all_responses.partition {|i| i.view_data[:coverage_checked] == false || i.view_data[:can_link_to_article] == false}
   # order em with full fulltxt before title_level_fulltxt
   all_responses = fulltxt + title_level_fulltxt
%>

<div class="umlaut_section fulltext <%= unless fulltxt.blank? && title_level_fulltxt.blank?; 'highlighted_section' ; end %>">

  <%= renderer.render_heading %>

  <%
      list_with_limit('umlaut_fulltext', all_responses, :ul_class => "response_list", :limit => renderer.list_visible_limit ) do |item, index |
        # Display special warnign header if it's title-level only,
        # and it's an article or issue level link. Are we
        # at the beginning of title level display?
        if ( index == fulltxt.length &&
             !title_level_request? )
           genre = @user_request.referent.metadata['genre']
           genre = "Journal" if genre && genre.downcase == 'article' %>

<%= genre ? genre.titlecase : "Title" %>-level Page Only

Can not link directly to citation. Dates or extent of coverage may be unknown.

        <% end %>

        <%= render(:partial => "standard_response_item", :object=> item) %>
  <% end %>

  <%
  if (fulltxt.empty? && title_level_fulltxt.empty? &&
      ! service_type_in_progress?('fulltext'))
  %>

Not Available

  <% end %>

  <%= render( renderer.spinner_render_hash) if renderer.services_in_progress? %>

<%
   all_responses = fulltext

   (title_level_fulltxt, fulltxt) =
      all_responses.partition {|i| i.view_data[:coverage_checked] == false || i.view_data[:can_link_to_article] == false}

%>

<div class="umlaut_section fulltext <%= unless fulltxt.blank? && title_level_fulltxt.blank?; 'highlighted_section' ; end %>">

  <%= renderer.render_heading %>

  <%
      list_with_limit('umlaut_fulltext', all_responses, :ul_class => "response_list", :limit => renderer.list_visible_limit ) do |item, index |
        # Display special warnign header if it's title-level only,
        # and it's an article or issue level link. Are we
        # at the beginning of title level display?
        if ( index == fulltxt.length &&
             !title_level_request? )
           genre = @user_request.referent.metadata['genre']
           genre = "Journal" if genre && genre.downcase == 'article' %>

<%= genre ? genre.titlecase : "Title" %>-level Page Only

Can not link directly to citation. Dates or extent of coverage may be unknown.

        <% end %>

        <%= render(:partial => "standard_response_item", :object=> item) %>
  <% end %>

  <%
  if (fulltxt.empty? && title_level_fulltxt.empty? &&
      ! service_type_in_progress?('fulltext'))
  %>

Not Available

  <% end %>

  <%= render( renderer.spinner_render_hash) if renderer.services_in_progress? %>


Put OGP video in frontpage

Put OGP video in frontpage

<% view_cache :ttl => 5.minutes.to_i, :tag => I18n.locale do %>

<%= _("Ejerce tu derecho a saber.") %>

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2

3

<%= _("Para obtener información de instituciones públicas:") %>

<%= _("Piensa una pregunta para un organismo público.") %>

<%= _("Nosotros enviamos la pregunta por ti.") %>

<%= _("Te avisamos cuando haya una respuesta.") %>

            <%= link_to _("Preguntar »"), body_index_path %>

            <%= link_to _("¿Contestarán? »"), help_requesting_path(:anchor => 'making_requests') %>

España presenta su plan de Gobierno Abierto en #OGP2012

Twittear

<%= _("Haz una búsqueda entre las peticiones ya realizadas:") %>

              <% form_tag({:action => "search_redirect"}, {:id => "search_form"}) do %>

                <%= text_field_tag 'query', params[:query], { :size => 80 } %>
                <%= submit_tag _('Search') %>

              <% end %>

<%= _("Novedades") %>

                <%
                  # XXX: The ugliest hack, for launch day only
                  leads = [
                    'Más de 50 naciones presentan en Brasilia sus planes de Gobierno Abierto. Lee lo que presenta nuestro país.',
                    'Más de 85.000 personas han firmado ya una campaña para exigir una ley más fuerte y exhaustiva.',
                    'Identificamos innovaciones que permiten la participación de la sociedad en leyes y contenidos periodísticos.',
                    'Mañana cierra la consulta pública del anteproyecto de ley de transparencia. Aquí tienes sugerencias concretas.',
                    'El Gobierno publicó el pasado lunes 26 de marzo el borrador del anteproyecto de la Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Buen Gobierno.',
                    'Se pregunta sobre todo a ministerios sobre subvenciones, facturas impagadas o denuncias a los cuerpos de seguridad.',
                    'El texto del borrador del anteproyecto de ley se podrá consultar desde hoy.',
                    'Los políticos la han prometido desde 2004, pero España sigue aún sin ley de transparencia.',
                    'Ya estamos en marcha. Entra con nosotros en el fascinante mundo de pedir información que es tuya.'
                  ];

                  position = 0;
                  for item in @blog_items[0..3]:
                    position = position + 1; %>

                  <div class="frontpage-blog-post <%= position.even? ? 'right' : 'left' %>" <%= position == 3 ? '' 'style="clear:left"' : '' %> >
                    <img src="/tuderechoasaber-theme/images/posts/<%= item['title'].to_s.gsub(/[^A-Za-z]/,'').downcase %>.jpg" width="278" height="128"/>

                      <a href='<%= "#{blog_url}\##{Time.parse(item['pubDate'][0]).to_i}" %>'><%= h item['title'] %>

<%= h excerpt(leads[position-1], "", 200) %>

<a href="<%= "#{blog_url}\##{Time.parse(item['pubDate'][0]).to_i}" %>"><%= _("Leer más »") %>

                <% end %>

<%= _("Peticiones destacadas") %>

                <% @featured_requests.each do |featured_request| %>
                <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_request_links',
                      :locals => {
                        :track_thing => TrackThing.create_track_for_request(featured_request),
                        :own_request => featured_request.user == @user,
                        :location => "frontpage"
                      } %>
                <% end %>

<% end %>

<% view_cache :ttl => 5.minutes.to_i, :tag => I18n.locale do %>

<%= _("Ejerce tu derecho a saber.") %>

1

2

3

<%= _("Para obtener información de instituciones públicas:") %>

<%= _("Piensa una pregunta para un organismo público.") %>

<%= _("Nosotros enviamos la pregunta por ti.") %>

<%= _("Te avisamos cuando haya una respuesta.") %>

            <%= link_to _("Preguntar »"), body_index_path %>

            <%= link_to _("¿Contestarán? »"), help_requesting_path(:anchor => 'making_requests') %>

Anteproyecto de Ley de Transparencia

El Gobierno ha abierto a consulta pública un anteproyecto de ley de transparencia muy mejorable.
            Puedes dar tu opinión hasta mañana 10 de abril, nosotros ya lo hemos hecho. Te animamos a que des la tuya.

Sentimos las molestias

Por un problema técnico el miércoles 4 hemos perdido las cuentas de usuarios creadas ese día. Si intentas iniciar sesión y no te reconoce, regístrate de nuevo. Escríbenos si tienes cualquier duda o si hiciste una pregunta ese miércoles.

Twittear

<%= _("Haz una búsqueda entre las peticiones ya realizadas:") %>

              <% form_tag({:action => "search_redirect"}, {:id => "search_form"}) do %>

                <%= text_field_tag 'query', params[:query], { :size => 80 } %>
                <%= submit_tag _('Search') %>

              <% end %>

<%= _("Novedades") %>

                <%
                  # XXX: The ugliest hack, for launch day only
                  leads = [
                    'Más de 50 naciones presentan en Brasilia sus planes de Gobierno Abierto. Lee lo que presenta nuestro país.',
                    'Más de 85.000 personas han firmado ya una campaña para exigir una ley más fuerte y exhaustiva.',
                    'Identificamos innovaciones que permiten la participación de la sociedad en leyes y contenidos periodísticos.',
                    'Mañana cierra la consulta pública del anteproyecto de ley de transparencia. Aquí tienes sugerencias concretas.',
                    'El Gobierno publicó el pasado lunes 26 de marzo el borrador del anteproyecto de la Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Buen Gobierno.',
                    'Se pregunta sobre todo a ministerios sobre subvenciones, facturas impagadas o denuncias a los cuerpos de seguridad.',
                    'El texto del borrador del anteproyecto de ley se podrá consultar desde hoy.',
                    'Los políticos la han prometido desde 2004, pero España sigue aún sin ley de transparencia.',
                    'Ya estamos en marcha. Entra con nosotros en el fascinante mundo de pedir información que es tuya.'
                  ];

                  position = 0;
                  for item in @blog_items[0..3]:
                    position = position + 1; %>

                  <div class="frontpage-blog-post <%= position.even? ? 'right' : 'left' %>" <%= position == 3 ? '' 'style="clear:left"' : '' %> >
                    <img src="/tuderechoasaber-theme/images/posts/<%= item['title'].to_s.gsub(/[^A-Za-z]/,'').downcase %>.jpg" width="278" height="128"/>

                      <a href='<%= "#{blog_url}\##{Time.parse(item['pubDate'][0]).to_i}" %>'><%= h item['title'] %>

<%= h excerpt(leads[position-1], "", 200) %>

<a href="<%= "#{blog_url}\##{Time.parse(item['pubDate'][0]).to_i}" %>"><%= _("Leer más »") %>

                <% end %>

<%= _("Peticiones destacadas") %>

                <% @featured_requests.each do |featured_request| %>
                <%= render :partial => 'track/tracking_request_links',
                      :locals => {
                        :track_thing => TrackThing.create_track_for_request(featured_request),
                        :own_request => featured_request.user == @user,
                        :location => "frontpage"
                      } %>
                <% end %>

<% end %>


Make this valid HTML

Make this valid HTML

(ported from ecfe92902d65e46d4f58025723596dd522e09df3 in main Alaveteli repo)

<% @title = "Upload CSV of public authorities" %>

<%=@title%>

<% if not @notes.empty? %>

<%=@notes %>

<% end %>
<% if not @errors.empty? %>

<%=@errors %>

<% end %>

<% form_tag 'import_csv', :multipart => true do %>

    CSV file:
    <%= file_field_tag :csv_file, :size => 40 %>

    Optional: Tag to add entries to / alter entries for:
    <%= text_field_tag 'tag', params[:tag] %>

    What to do with existing tags?
    <%= select_tag 'tag_behaviour',
        "<option value='add' selected>Add new tags to existing ones</option>
         <option value='replace'>Replace existing tags with new ones</option>"
    %>

CSV file format:The first row should be a list
    of fields, starting with '#'. The fields 'name' and
    'request_email' are required; additionally, translated values are
    supported by adding the locale name to the field name,
    e.g. 'name.es', 'name.de'... Example:

            #id,name,request_email,name.es,tag_string

            1,An Authority,a@example.com,Un organismo,a_tag another_tag

            2,Another One,another@example.com,Otro organismo,a_tag

Supported fields: name (i18n), short_name (i18n), request_email (i18n), notes (i18n),
    publication_scheme (i18n), home_page, tag_string (tags separated by spaces).

Note: Choose dry run to test, without
    actually altering the database. Choose upload to actually
    make the changes. In either case, you will be shown any errors, or details
    of the changes.  When uploading, any changes since last import will be
    overwritten – e.g.  email addresses changed back.

Note: The import tag will also be added to the imported bodies
    if no tags are provided in the CSV file or if the import mode is set to
    "Add new tags to existing ones".

<%= submit_tag 'Dry run' %> <%= submit_tag 'Upload' %>

<% end %>

Standard tags:
    <% for category, description in PublicBodyCategories::get().by_tag() %>
        <% if category != "other" %>
            <%= category %>=<%= description %>;
        <% end %>
    <% end %>


nil fix

nil fix

<% if @utf.extension.eql?('java') && !@utf.gradable   # EXPAND FOR OTHER LANGUAGES %>
  <% if !@utf.gradable_override %>

This assignment can not be automatically graded for the following reasons:

	    <% unless @utf.gradable_message.nil? %><%= @utf.gradable_message.to_html %><% end %>

You may choose to override this assessment if you deem the operations in this file 'safe' and would allow them to be run on the server.

<%= image_tag 'error_go' %>
	    <%= link_to_remote 'I have reviewed this file and the operations mentioned above are safe for execution on the server.', :url => { :action => "toggle_gradable_override", :id => @utf.id, :course => @course, :assignment => @assignment, :student => @student }, :update => :gradable_override, :failure => "alert('HTTP Error on remote call, try again.');" %>

  <% else %>

This file was originally marked as unsafe because of the following: (The unsafe marking has been manually overridden by a course instructor or TA.)

		    <%= @utf.gradable_message.to_html %>

<%= image_tag 'error_delete' %>
		   	<%= link_to_remote 'This file is not safe, remove the manual override from this file and prohibit execution on the server.', :url => { :action => "toggle_gradable_override", :id => @utf.id, :course => @course, :assignment => @assignment, :student => @student }, :update => :gradable_override, :failure => "alert('HTTP Error on remote call, try again.');"  %>

  <% end %>
<% end %>

<% if @utf.extension.eql?('java') && !@utf.gradable   # EXPAND FOR OTHER LANGUAGES %>
  <% if !@utf.gradable_override %>

This assignment can not be automatically graded for the following reasons:

	    <%= @utf.gradable_message.to_html %>

You may choose to override this assessment if you deem the operations in this file 'safe' and would allow them to be run on the server.

<%= image_tag 'error_go' %>
	    <%= link_to_remote 'I have reviewed this file and the operations mentioned above are safe for execution on the server.', :url => { :action => "toggle_gradable_override", :id => @utf.id, :course => @course, :assignment => @assignment, :student => @student }, :update => :gradable_override, :failure => "alert('HTTP Error on remote call, try again.');" %>

  <% else %>

This file was originally marked as unsafe because of the following: (The unsafe marking has been manually overridden by a course instructor or TA.)

		    <%= @utf.gradable_message.to_html %>

<%= image_tag 'error_delete' %>
		   	<%= link_to_remote 'This file is not safe, remove the manual override from this file and prohibit execution on the server.', :url => { :action => "toggle_gradable_override", :id => @utf.id, :course => @course, :assignment => @assignment, :student => @student }, :update => :gradable_override, :failure => "alert('HTTP Error on remote call, try again.');"  %>

  <% end %>
<% end %>


checking for files that were not submitted

git-svn-id: f67d969b640da65cb7bc1d229e09fd6d2db44ae1@461 392d7b7b-3f31-0410-9dc3-c95a9635ea79

View Review

<%if @assgt.wiki_type.name == "No"%>
<%if @file != nil and @files.size == 0%>

<%else%>
Submitted Files

<%end%>
<%end%>

<%
 _time = Time.now.month.to_s + "/" + Time.now.day.to_s + "/" + Time.now.year.to_s
 if @assgt.wiki_type.name == "DokuWiki" %>

DokuWiki Review Links:

<%= review_dokuwiki @assgt.directory_path, _time, @author_name  %>

<% elsif @assgt.wiki_type.name == "MediaWiki" %>

MediaWiki Review Links:

<%if @assgt.team_assignment  # The lookup of all team members should be put in a wiki helper
  	for team_member in @team_members
		member_name = User.find(team_member.user_id).name
%>
	<%= review_mediawiki_group @assgt.directory_path, _time, member_name  %>
	<%end%>
<%else%>
	<%= review_mediawiki @assgt.directory_path, _time, @author_name  %>
<%end%>

<% end %>

<% for file in @files %>

<%= link_to File.basename(file), :action => 'edit_review', :id => @mapping_id, :fname => File.basename(file),"current_folder[name]" => @current_folder.name %>

<% end %>

Reviewed <%= @review.review_num_for_author %> at <%= @review.updated_at %>
<%= render :partial => 'review/score1' %>
Additional Comment : <%=@review.additional_comment%>

<%if(ReviewFeedback.find(:first,:conditions =>["review_id = ? and author_id = ?", @review.id, @a]))
      		  	review_feedback_text = ReviewFeedback.find(:first,:conditions =>["review_id = ? and assignment_id = ?", @review.id, @assgt.id]).additional_comment
%>

Feedback received from Author:

<%= render :partial =>'review/score2' %>

Additional Comment

<%=review_feedback_text%>

<%else%>

 No Feedback Received from author

<% end %>

<% if(ReviewFeedback.find(:first, :conditions =>["review_id = ? and author_id = ?", @review_id, @user_id]))
%>

 View your previous feedback : <%= link_to "View", {:controller =>'review_feedback', :action=>'view_feedback', :id1 =>@assgt.id, :id2 =>@user_id, :id3=>@review_id} %>

 Edit your previous feedback : <%= link_to "Edit", {:controller =>'review_feedback', :action =>'edit_feedback', :id1 =>@assgt.id, :id2 =>@user_id, :id3=>@review_id} %>

<%else%>

Give feedback to reviewer:<%= link_to "Begin", {:controller => 'review_feedback', :action => 'new_feedback',:id1 =>@assgt.id, :id2 =>@user_id, :id3=>@review_id} %>

<%end%>
<%= link_to 'Back', :action => 'list_reviews', :id => @assgt.id %>

View Review

<%if @assgt.wiki_type.name == "No"%>
<%if @files.size == 0%>

<%else%>
Submitted Files

<%end%>
<%end%>

<%
 _time = Time.now.month.to_s + "/" + Time.now.day.to_s + "/" + Time.now.year.to_s
 if @assgt.wiki_type.name == "DokuWiki" %>

DokuWiki Review Links:

<%= review_dokuwiki @assgt.directory_path, _time, @author_name  %>

<% elsif @assgt.wiki_type.name == "MediaWiki" %>

MediaWiki Review Links:

<%if @assgt.team_assignment  # The lookup of all team members should be put in a wiki helper
  	for team_member in @team_members
		member_name = User.find(team_member.user_id).name
%>
	<%= review_mediawiki_group @assgt.directory_path, _time, member_name  %>
	<%end%>
<%else%>
	<%= review_mediawiki @assgt.directory_path, _time, @author_name  %>
<%end%>

<% end %>

<% for file in @files %>

<%= link_to File.basename(file), :action => 'edit_review', :id => @mapping_id, :fname => File.basename(file),"current_folder[name]" => @current_folder.name %>

<% end %>

Reviewed <%= @review.review_num_for_author %> at <%= @review.updated_at %>
<%= render :partial => 'review/score1' %>
Additional Comment : <%=@review.additional_comment%>

<%if(ReviewFeedback.find(:first,:conditions =>["review_id = ? and author_id = ?", @review.id, @a]))
      		  	review_feedback_text = ReviewFeedback.find(:first,:conditions =>["review_id = ? and assignment_id = ?", @review.id, @assgt.id]).additional_comment
%>

Feedback received from Author:

<%= render :partial =>'review/score2' %>

Additional Comment

<%=review_feedback_text%>

<%else%>

 No Feedback Received from author

<% end %>

<% if(ReviewFeedback.find(:first, :conditions =>["review_id = ? and author_id = ?", @review_id, @user_id]))
%>

 View your previous feedback : <%= link_to "View", {:controller =>'review_feedback', :action=>'view_feedback', :id1 =>@assgt.id, :id2 =>@user_id, :id3=>@review_id} %>

 Edit your previous feedback : <%= link_to "Edit", {:controller =>'review_feedback', :action =>'edit_feedback', :id1 =>@assgt.id, :id2 =>@user_id, :id3=>@review_id} %>

<%else%>

Give feedback to reviewer:<%= link_to "Begin", {:controller => 'review_feedback', :action => 'new_feedback',:id1 =>@assgt.id, :id2 =>@user_id, :id3=>@review_id} %>

<%end%>
<%= link_to 'Back', :action => 'list_reviews', :id => @assgt.id %>


Fix link

Fix link

<% @title = "About" %>

Contact us

If your question isn't answered here, or you just wanted to let us know
something about the site, contact us.

Introduction to WhatDoTheyKnow #

What is WhatDoTheyKnow for? #

To help you find out inside information about what the UK government
is doing.

How does the site work? #

You choose the public authority that you would like information from, then
write a brief note describing what you want to know. We then send your request
to the public authority. Any response they make is automatically published on the
website for you and anyone else to find and read.

Why would I bother to do this? #

You pay taxes, and then government does things with the money. All sorts of
things that affect your life, from healthcare through to national defence. Some
it does badly, some it does well. The more we find out about how government
works, the better able we are to make suggestions to improve the things that
are done badly, and to celebrate the things that are done well.

Why would the public authority bother to reply? #

Under Freedom of Information (FOI) law, they have to respond.

Who makes it? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is created and run by mySociety,
and was initially funded by the JRSST Charitable Trust. mySociety is a project of the
registered charity UK Citizens Online Democracy.
If you like what we're doing, then you can
make a donation.

Making requests #

You're missing the public authority that I want to request from! #

Please contact us with the name of the public authority and,
if you can find it, their contact email address for Freedom of Information requests.
If you'd like to help add a whole category of public authority to the site, for example all
primary care trusts or all schools, then please
edit this shared spreadsheet (Google account required).

How quickly will I get a response? #

By law public authorities must respond "promptly", and in any event not later
than 20 working days after receiving your request. The date of that hard limit
is shown on the page for your request. You will be emailed if this date goes by
without a response, so you can send the public authority another note to remind
them that they are breaking the law. Note: If you had to
clarify your request, the clock starts from that date, instead of the date they
received your initial request.

What if I'm not satisfied with the response? #

If you didn't get the information you asked for, or you didn't get it in time,
then read our page 'Unhappy about the response you got?'.

Can you tell me more of the nitty gritty about the process of making requests? #

Have a look at the
access to official information
pages on the Information Commisioner's website.

Can I request information about myself? #

No. Requests made using WhatDoTheyKnow are public, made under the Freedom of
Information Act, and cannot help you find information about a private
individual.

If you would like to know what information a public
authority holds about yourself, you should make a "Subject Access Request" in
private using Data Protection law.  The leaflet Subject
Access - A guide for data subjects (on the Information Commisioner's
website) explains how to do this.

If you see that somebody has included personal information, perhaps
unwittingly, in a request, please contact us
immediately so we can remove it.

I'd like to keep my request secret! (At least until I publish my story) #

WhatDoTheyKnow is currently only designed for public requests. All
responses that we receive are automatically published on the website for anyone
to read.  You should contact the public authority directly if you would like to
make a request in private.  If you're interested in buying a system which helps
you manage FOI requests in secret, then contact us.

Why can I only request information about the environment from some authorities? #

Some public authorities, such as South East Water,
don't come under the Freedom of Information Act, but do come under another law called
the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). It's a very similar law, so you make a request
to them using WhatDoTheyKnow in just the same way as an FOI request. The only difference
is that on the page where you write you request, it reminds you that you can only
request "environmental information" and tells you what that means. It is quite broad.

So can I request information using EIR from other authorities? #

Yes, just make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request as normal. The
authority has a duty to work out if the Environmental Information Regulations
(EIR) is the more appropriate legislation to reply under.

Privacy questions #

Who gets to see my email address? #

We will not disclose your email address to anyone, including the public
authority you are sending a request to, unless we are obliged to by law,
or you ask us to. If you send a message to another user on the site, then
it will reveal your email address to them. You will be told that this
is going to happen.

Will you send nasty, brutish spam to my email address? #

Nope. After you sign up to WhatDoTheyKnow we will only send you emails
relating to a request you made, an email alert that you have signed up for,
or for other reasons that you specifically authorise. We will never give or
sell your email addresses to anyone else, unless we are obliged to by law, or
you ask us to.

Why will my name appear publically on the site? #

It means that someone researching the same area can get in touch with you,
and maybe give you more information or ideas relating to your request.  Also,
we're going to publish the response with the name of the civil servant who
wrote it, so it seems only fair that your name should be public too!
Therefore, we encourage you to use your real name, but you may use a pseudonym
if you would like to be anonymous.

So I can make an FOI request using a pseudonym? #

It is good practice for the public authority to reply to an anonymous request,
except in special circumstances such as if they suspect you of making vexatious
requests. See Freedom of Information Good Practice Guidance No 6
for details.  You should refer to this if a public authority attempts to refuse
a request because you used a pseudonym.

However, there are good reasons to use your real name: see the previous
question.  If nothing else, it avoids the risk of an authority being picky,
ignoring the guidance and refusing your request.

They've asked for my postal address! #

If a public authority asks you for your full, physical address, reply to them saying
that section 8.1.b of the FOI Act asks for an "address for correspondence",
and that the email address you are using is sufficient.

The Ministry of Justice has guidance
on this –
"As well as hard copy written correspondence, requests that are
transmitted electronically (for example, in emails) are acceptable
... If a request is received by email and no postal address is given, the email
address should be treated as the return address."

As if that isn't enough, the Information Commissioner's
Hints for Practitioners say
"Any correspondence could include a request for information. If it is written (this includes e-mail), legible, gives the name of the applicant, an address for reply (which could be electronic), and includes a description of the information required, then it will fall within the scope of the legislation."

No no, they need a postal address to send a paper response! #

If an authority only has a paper copy of the information that you want,
they may ask you for a postal address. To start with, try persuading them
to scan in the documents for you. You can even offer to gift them a scanner, which in that particular case
embarrassed the authority into finding one they had already.

If that doesn't work, and you want to provide your postal address privately
in order to receive the documents, then please contact
us.

How do you moderate request annotations? #

Annotations on WhatDoTheyKnow are to help
people get the information they want, or to give them pointers to places they
can go to help them act on it. We reserve the right to remove anything else.

Endless, political discussions are not allowed.
Post a link to a suitable forum or campaign site elsewhere.

FOI officer questions #

I just got here from bottom of an FOI request, what is going on? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is a service run by a charity. It helps ordinary members
of the public make FOI requests, and easily track and share the responses.

The FOI request you received was made by someone using WhatDoTheyKnow. You can
simply reply to the request as you would any other request from an individual.
The only difference is that your response will be automatically published on
the Internet.

If you have privacy or other concerns, please read the answers below.
You might also like to read this page from the top to find out more about what
the site does from the point of view of a user. You can also search the
site to find the authority that you work for, and view the status of
any requests made using the site.

Finally, we welcome comments and
thoughts from FOI officers, please get in touch.

Why are you publishing responses to FOI requests? #

We think there are lots of benefits. Most importantly it will encourage the
public to be more interested and involved in the work of government. We
also hope that it will reduce the number of duplicate requests on any
subject that a public body will receive. Given that Freedom of Information
responses contain public information, which anybody could easily request
again from the public authority, we think there should be no reason not to
publish it widely.

Are the people making requests real people? #

Yes. For the purposes of keeping track of responses we use
computer-generated email addresses for each request. However, before
they can send a request, each user must register on the site with a
unique email address that we then verify. You can search this site and
find a page listing all requests that each person has made.

An email isn't a sufficient address for an FOI request! #

Yes it is. This
letter from the ICO to Rother District Council gives guidance on the matter, specifically
in the context of requests made via WhatDoTheyKnow.

Aren't you making lots of vexatious requests? #

WhatDoTheyKnow is not making any requests. We are sending requests on
behalf of our users, who are real people making the requests.

Look at it like this - if lots of different people made requests from
different Hotmail email addresses, then you would not think that Microsoft were
making vexatious requests. It is exactly the same if lots of requests are made
via WhatDoTheyKnow. Moreover, since all requests are public it is much easier
for you to see if one of our users is making vexatious requests, and for us to
block them when that happens.

If that isn't enough for you, the
letter from the ICO to Rother District Council gives some guidance on the matter.

Isn't it a problem that you publish the names of civil servants and the text of emails? #

Officers or servants responding to requests are doing so on behalf of the
public as part of their job, and we publish their response on that
basis. Usually the names and phone numbers of FOI officers are already
available on authority websites. We also encourage our users to give their real
name too, so it is fair both ways.

Do you publish email addresses or mobile phone numbers? #

We automatically remove email addresses and labelled mobile phone numbers
that are in the email part of responses from public authorities. Please
contact us if we've missed one. We don't currently
remove these from attachments,
such as Word documents.

Can you take down private information about me? #

If you see any information on the site which you'd like us to remove or
hide, then please let us know. We'll then
remove it, provided it is genuinely private information.

Credit where credit is due #

Which people made WhatDoTheyKnow? #

Oh, nearly everyone (and maybe you too)!

    Heather Brooke
    (vampy!) has
    been pushing the idea of a UK FOI archive for years now.

    Both Phil Rodgers and Francis Irving
    entered it in a mySociety competition for ideas for public interest websites to build.

    It won,
    and then Chris Lightfoot (RIP :()
    thought up the wheeze of intercepting email responses to requests and
    automatically publishing them.

    Tom Steinberg got the cash to pay for the site from
    a dead chocolate mogul (thank you!) ...

    ... so that Francis Irving, Angie Ahl, Tommy Martin, Louise Crow, Matthew Somerville
    and Tom Steinberg could do the complex mixture of design and coding to build
    what you see today.

    Thanks particularly to Julian Todd (great blog!),
    Francis Davey, and Etienne Pollard for using the site early on and giving
    feedback (and/or legal advice!), and also to all our other users and
    testers.

    Lots of people have been looking up FOI email addresses, and a few
    volunteering to run the site - most especially Adam McGreggor, Alex
    Skene, John Cross and Tony Bowden.

Finally we couldn't do any of this without those
crazy people who volunteer,
amongst many other things, to do the accounts and fill in our VAT return.

You're all stars.