eFoia Audit of Washington, D.C.

Web FOIA Compliance: Office of Planning

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 provides the names, titles, and short biographies of employees, but no salary information was found on agency website. click here
Staff manuals, instructions Nothing found.
Final opinions, orders Decisions of the Historic Preservation Review Board are posted. click here
Interpretations of policies, rules, acts Guidelines and grant information on a number of programs are posted in the Historic Preservation section. There is a link from there to Enforcement priorities. click here
Regulatory and enforcement correspondence The Historic Preservation Office section links to Law and Regulations. click here
Account, voucher, contract information Nothing found.
Minutes, all proceedings There are reports on all of the Historic Preservation Board meetings and the decisions rendered. There is also a video archive of the meetings and information is provided on how to obtain a transcript. click here
Frequently requested FOIA records Nothing found.
General index of records to be posted online Nothing found.

FOIA CONTACT Information

Michael Johnson
Office of Planning
2000 14th Street NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 442-7622
Fax: (202) 442-7638
Email: mike.johnson@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.