MALAWI 10. Was the information received clear and understandable? • Total Score: 12/20 4. National Audit Office (NAO) Category 1 - WEBSITE During the research period the National Audit Office (NAO) had no website. n = 20 Yes No Partial Additional Information 1. Does this website contain up to date information? 2. Does the website contain: a) A description of its powers as well as data on the organisational structure, the functions, and the responsibilities of the administration? b) A list of laws, acts etc. issued within the scope of its powers. c) Reports, policies, programs? d) Budget and expenditure? e) Information about procurement procedures, signed contracts? f) Vacancies and employment procedures? g) The name, the address, the telephone number and the working hours of the respective institution? h) The contact details of public officials? i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? Total Score: 0/20 Category 2- Requests for Information The researcher sent a written request for the following information: 1. Reports indicate that the National Audit Office misappropriated funds from DFID and Norway. What is your position on these reports? 2. What measures has the NAO put in place to check abuse of donor funds? 3. What are some of the challenges that the National Audit Office faces in its operations? 4. What is the current staff compliment at NAO? 5. Does NAO have any vacancies that require immediate address to ensure effective operation of the organisation? 6. Would you provide MISA Malawi with NAO’s policies and budget structures? Part 1: Requests for written information n = 20 1.Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? (Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’) Yes Additional Information No • The Public Relations Officer (PRO) 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional Information’) • 3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information? • 4. Does the authority publish its procedures for dealing with information requests? • 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? (If partially please mark ‘No’, indicate in ‘Additional Information’ how much of the information requested was supplied) • BCC did not reply to the written request for information The institution neither replied to the written nor oral request for information. 29