Web FOIA Compliance: Office of the Chief Financial Officer
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 |
There is a FOIA Requests link on the home page. | click here |
| Employee information: names, titles, salaries, dates of emloyment |
The Agency Directory provides names and titles but no date of employment or salary information is available. | click here |
| Staff manuals, instructions | The OCFO Code of Conduct, DC Personnel Regulations, and an Integrity Notice to Vendors are linked to in the Integrity and Oversight section. | click here |
| Final opinions, orders | Annual financial reports are linked from the Information section and audit documents are posted in the Integrity and Oversight section. | click here |
| Interpretations of policies, rules, acts | Annual financial reports are linked from the Information section and audit documents are posted in the Integrity and Oversight section. | click here |
| Regulatory and enforcement correspondence | Audit documents from 2004 to 2008 are posted in the Integrity and Oversight section. | click here |
| Account, voucher, contract information | There's a section on the Annual Operating Budget/ Capital Plan that includes an archive for 2001-2008. And annual financial reports for 1999-2008 are provided. | click here |
| Minutes, all proceedings | Not applicable. | |
| Frequently requested FOIA records | Nothing found. | |
| General index of records to be posted online | Nothing found. |
FOIA CONTACT Information
LaVerne Lee
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: (202) 727-9528
Fax: (202) 724-4217
Email: laverne.lee@dc.gov
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.
