- #Frontex
Making the state more transparent
Every person has the right to information. FragDenStaat helps you to enforce your right.

This is how it works:
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You make a request. We forward it to the responsible authority.
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You will receive an email as soon as the authority responds to your request.
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The answer will be transparent for you and others.
Our scoops
With exclusive information from requests under the Freedom of Information Act, we publish investigative research.
Futher scoops:
- #Migrationspolitik
Exclusive: Internal diplomatic report on "concentration camp-like" conditions in Libyan refugee camps
May 7, 2018
Our Lawsuits
When authorities unlawfully keep information secret, we enforce freedom of information in court.
Others about us
"Anyone who thinks of the Internet only in terms of technocratic or economic aspects has not understood the democratic potential inherent in many technologies. A vibrant and democratic information society thrives on the active engagement of citizens. Projects like FragDenStaat make an important contribution to this."

Peter Schaar
"Through portals like FragDenStaat, more and more things are becoming public. This is a development that is not desirable for the administration."

Bundesministerium des Innern
"Official secrecy is often used by authorities and ministries as a pretext for refusing to provide information. And often they don't even know what transparency they are obligated to provide under the Freedom of Information Act. FragDenStaat helps! And it makes it easier for journalists to gain access, which they can and must demand."

Julia Stein