FragDenStaat

FragDenStaat is a Berlin and Brussels-based NGO run by the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany focused on the right to information. It operates an Internet platform to facilitate freedom of information requests to both German and EU public authorities. The technical platform is supplemented by issue-related campaigns, investigative journalism and strategic lawsuits, which are organized and operated by a project team and often in cooperation with other NGOs or news outlets.^[1]

FragDenStaat

FragDenStaat logo
Founded	2011 (2011)
Founder	Stefan Wehrmeyer
Focus	Freedom of Information, Government transparency, civic technologies, citizen empowerment, open source
Location	Germany
Director	Arne Semsrott
Website	fragdenstaat.de

FragDenStaat was founded by Stefan Wehrmeyer in August 2011 as a similar project to MySociety's WhatDoTheyKnow. So far, 120,000 users have sent more than 230,000 requests using the platform.^[2]

Notable campaigns and scoops

• NSU Files: A leak of a classified report on neo-Nazi terror attacks that confirmed suspicions about the authorities' failures^[3]
• Frontex Files: Investigation into secret meetings between EU agency Frontex and weapon lobbyists^[4]
• Prisons in Paradise: Report on refugee detentions in Greece^[5]