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diff --git a/app/views/help/about.rhtml b/app/views/help/about.rhtml index 7fc2085e9..ad80222f5 100644 --- a/app/views/help/about.rhtml +++ b/app/views/help/about.rhtml @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Post a link to a suitable forum or campaign site elsewhere.</p> <dd><p>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.</p> -<p>The FOI request you got was made by someone using WhatDoTheyKnow. You can +<p>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. @@ -243,11 +243,13 @@ thoughts from FOI officers, please <a href="/help/contact">get in touch</a>. <dt id="responses">Why are you publishing responses to FOI requests?</dt> -<dd>Freedom of Information responses contain public information, which anybody could -easily request again from the public authority. Therefore, -there is no reason they shouldn't be published on the Internet. There are lots -of benefits - everything from preventing duplicate requests, to getting the public -more involved and interested in the work of government. +<dd>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. </dd> <dt id="realpeople">Are the people making requests real people?</dt> @@ -286,8 +288,8 @@ block them when that happens. </p> preference" of the requester, under <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2000/plain/ukpga_20000036_en#pt1-pb1-l1g11">section 11(1)</a> of the Freedom of Information Act). That we are later republishing your -response is a separate matter of copyright law, and not something which FOIA lists -as a reason for rejecting a request. +response is a separate matter, and not something which FOIA lists as a reason +for rejecting a request. </dd> <dt id="names">Isn't it a problem that you publish the names of civil servants |