Perhaps one option is this.

1. whatdothey know submits a generic request to all known FOI agencies
asking what FOI requests they have received.
2. once that is answered, submit separate requests for each of the answers
as an FOI request.

Nick

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Matthew Somerville
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Abdul Hai wrote:
>
>> I meant would it be possible to get information which other people have
>> obtained under FOI's to be listed on the site?
>>
>
> No; that question is answered for you on the page Alex linked to:
>  http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/about#offsite
>
> ATB,
> Matthew
>
>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Alex Skene <[email protected]>
>>
>> *To:* "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Sun, 4 April, 2010 19:51:47
>> *Subject:* Re: [mySociety:public] FOI website
>>
>> Hi Abdul
>>
>> The site is designed to help anyone request info from public
>> authorities that is not already in the public domain.
>>
>> There's more detailed info on how it works here -
>> <http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/about>
>>
>> If you have any further questions, probably best to ask us off-list -
>> team [at] whatdotheyknow.com
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Alex - WhatDoTheyKnow.com volunteer
>> [writing from my personal email address]
>>
>>
>> On 3 April 2010 21:35, Abdul Hai <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>  > Thanks Paul I had no idea this existed.
>>  >
>>  > Are they going to be getting information from third parties which they
>> have?
>>  >
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>>  >
>>  >
>>  > ________________________________
>>  > From: Paul Waring <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>
>>  > To: "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list"
>>  > <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>>
>>
>>  > Sent: Sat, 3 April, 2010 21:16:49
>>  > Subject: Re: [mySociety:public] FOI website
>>  >
>>  > Abdul Hai wrote:
>>  >> I think that sometime ago there was talk of mysociety creating a
>> website
>>  >> with copies of all the FOI requests on it. What happened to it?
>>  >
>>  > Do you mean WhatDoTheKnow?
>>  >
>>  > http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/
>>  >
>>  > It archives all FOI requests made through it, though it doesn't include
>>  > requests made through other routes.
>>  >
>>  > Paul
>>  >
>>  > -- Paul Waring
>>  > http://www.pwaring.com
>>
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