Dear Patrice, I know in India and the Ukraine there are fines for non-compliance-I'm not sure how well they work but someone on the list probably does.
In the UK the Information Commissioner has created a sort of public FOI 'naughty list' where they publish for 3 months the names of organisations that have been doing particularly badly in terms of delay see here http://www.ico.org.uk/news/latest_news/2012/ico-announces-latest-list-of-authorities-for-foi-monitoring-21122012 Ben Lecturer in Politics Birkbeck College, University of London Email: b.wor...@bbk.ac.uk Tel: 02030738047 see http://www.bbk.ac.uk/politics/our-staff/academic/ben-worthy -----Original Message----- From: foianet-boun...@lists.foiadvocates.info on behalf of Patrice McDermott Sent: Mon 15/04/2013 7:06 PM To: Foianet Subject: [foianet] call for information on ATI/FOIA compliance There is no entity in the U.S. federal government who has clear authority (and willingness) to ensure that the federal agencies are actually complying with the requirements of our FOIA statute. Reports are provided, lots of #s given - but there are no repercussions (other than occasionally losing in court & having to pay the requestor's attorney fees) for failure to follow the law. We are starting to discuss how this might most effectively and usefully be remedied in the US. How is compliance handled in other countries - both statutorily and in actuality (i.e., does any agency/bureau/office ever suffer for failing to follow the law and - if so - how?) What entity has responsibility for ensuring compliance? Thanks, in advance. Please reply to the list, as I am presuming the responses will be of interest more generally. We will compile and report back. Best, Patrice Patrice McDermott, Executive Director OpenTheGovernment.org<http://www.openthegovernment.org/> 202.332.6736
