The online democracy charity MySociety has launched two new websites.

• 'WhatDoTheyKnow?' is aimed at making it easy for citizens to submit requests to public bodies under the Freedom of Information Act, providing provides users with simple request forms and the ability to browse previous requests:http://foi.mysociety.org/

• 'GroupsNearYou' is a search tool allowing people to find email lists, forums and social networking groups in or relating to their neighbourhood: http://www.groupsnearyou.com/