Web FOIA Compliance: DC Water and Sewer Authority
Government agencies in Washington, D.C., broadly ignore a 2001 law, which requires them to post 10 categories of public records on their websites, according to a public records audit conducted by the D.C. Open Government Coalition in conjunction with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.
| Public Information | What's on the Website | Link |
|---|---|---|
| How to FOIA |
Nothing found. | |
| Employee information: names, titles, salaries, dates of emloyment |
The Compliance Index on the FOIA page links to a list of employees, with employment dates and pay grades, and to a list of pay scales by grade. The pay scale list does not include department executives. | click here |
| Staff manuals, instructions | No manuals or staff instructions can be found in the site index and there is no listing in the Compliance section, but there is an internal search engine at the top of the home page that pulls up various documents under Staff Manuals. | click here |
| Final opinions, orders | Not applicable. | |
| Interpretations of policies, rules, acts | Board Approved Resolutions and Board Bylaws are linked to under Statements of Policy in the Compliance section. | click here |
| Regulatory and enforcement correspondence | Not applicable. | |
| Account, voucher, contract information | Annual Budgets and Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports are available in the FOIA Materials section. No contract information was found. | click here |
| Minutes, all proceedings | The Board of Directors subsection of Governance links to archived videos of board meetings. There are also minutes of the meetings. | click here |
| Frequently requested FOIA records | There is a Frequently Requested FOIA Materials subsection under Governance. | click here |
| General index of records to be posted online | A compliance index is provided under FOIA section. | click here |
FOIA CONTACT Information
Katherine Cahill
DC Water and Sewer Authority
5000 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20032
Phone: (202) 787-2623
Fax: (202) 787-2254
Email: katherine.cahill@dcwasa.com
Primary research for this audit was conducted by Howard University journalism students LeeSandra Alexandre and Melissa Noel while interning at the Workshop. The project was edited by Pete Weitzel, who is a board member at the DCOGC and a former managing editor of the Miami Herald. FOIA contact information is from DCOGC.
