Can I get an audit of a department?
A television channel did a report on the conditions of raising chickens.
The TV channel learned that consumer complaints had been sent to the Ministry of Agriculture.
The information manager requested the audit report of given after these complaints.
The Ministry of Agriculture complied with the law submitted the report.
"Anonymous" audit reports are public documents that anyone can receive.
Recommendations
An audit report is a document for which public access is guaranteed, subject to, in particular to third party rights; access may be granted partially, the document can be censored.
Basic principles
The principle of administration transparency.
Resources
The BBC made a request to the Cabinet Office (UK) to forward the complaints addressed to the cabinet by the European Commission concerning the conditions for raising chickens for consumption.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2010/10/eu_complaints_about_uk_reveale.html
For more information :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/martinrosenbaum
UK specialist in Freedom of Information
