투명사회를 위한 정보공개센터

  The “No Communication” move of the Park’s
transition team doesn’t seem to get improved. Park is still insisting her
“do-it-myself” style and the sealed briefing of Yoon chang-jung, the spokesperson
of the transition team, is still content-less. We can easily notice this by
seeing the public criticism against their continuous failure of the personnel
appointment and the “no communication” style.

The
Center for Freedom of Information (CFOI) wanted to check what kind of tasks the
transition team is doing. In order to check this indirectly, we have requested
information disclosure to 46 central government agencies regarding the list of
public documents they received from the transition team. We requested this to
central government agencies since the object of the information disclosure not
only covers the documents produced inside the institution but also the ones
being preserved and administered in the institution after receiving from outside.

<Information Request>

We request information disclosure regarding the list
of documents received from the transition team for the 18^th
president between Jan 6, 2013 and Jan 16, 2013. Please include the received
date, document number, title, disclosure/nondisclosure (reasons), document
type(paper, electronic file), To, From, drafter etc.

Having
seen the result, however, levels of the disclosure was widely different. While
some disclosed all what it was requested, others even kept the list of
documents secret. One of the answers we received stated that the name of the
person responsible for the task is classified as personal information and
therefore it cannot be disclosed. There were also some cases that postponed
disclosing information.

  The Ministry of National Defense, Korea
Communications Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of
Knowledge Economy postponed deciding whether to disclose or not. The Supreme Public Prosecutors Office passed the
request to the Ministry of Justice saying that it is not their task.

  It was following five institutions: Ministry
of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, The Ministry for Food,
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Rural Development Administration, Korea Food & Drug Administration,
Korean Intellectual Property Office that refused to provide the list of
documents. Originally, the list of documents is one of the information that requesting
for information disclosure is not necessary since it is supposed to be
published on the website. Even this type of basic information was undisclosed.
They are not even complying with the minimum guideline of the information
disclosure.

  Ministry of Education, Science and
Technology, National Science & Technology Commission, Ministry of Health
& Welfare, Nuclear Safety and Security Commission and Office of Minister
for Special Affairs made secret the names of senders who sent the document from
the transition team.  (The Nuclear Safety
and Security Commission undisclosed the data saying that “On-Nara’s Electronic
files of the list does not include names of senders”)

Some
institutions deliberately excluded the names and claimed it as a “full
disclosure”.

  Of course, the names of individuals are the objects of the
nondisclosure. However, this is only applicable when they are pure “individuals”. The act on information disclosure
clearly states that the name of the public official responsible for the task
should be disclosed. It is possible to say that they are disregarding the
information disclosure act.

  Even the
central government agencies are covering it up for the transition team and its
relevant information. It seems that the transition team became a sanctuary for
the closed information.

  The
transition team’s lack of
communication is spreading to the central government agencies as well. The
upcoming 5 years look bleak as this might be the picture of the Park’s government.