Should go much further.
NGOs currently report yearly financials, and as we've seen, this is a joke!
Here's the 'real deal" as implemented in Iraq:
Key provisions from Iraqi NGO laws prior to Obama Adm.
If Haiti applied and enforced these laws, the NGO scourge would go away.
The law is tititled CPA 35, and was administered by the Bush Administration by:
L. Paul Bremer, Administrator
Coalition Provisional Authority
Obama Adm changed it (text in blue)
Registration of NGOs
Mandatory in all cases (Section 2.1) Voluntary
Penalty: If an NGO found to be operating programs after the suspension or revocation of its registration, the Administrator may, in his discretion, close the operation, confiscate the property, and seal the premises of the NGO.
Ability to Appeal Denial of Registration or Suspension or Revocation of License
NGO: No right to appeal (Appeal to Obama appointed court)
Restrictions on Purchase or Sale of Real Estate
Permissible only for domestic NGOs, not foreign NGOs (Section 7.2) None
Reporting Requirements
Quarterly activity reports (Section 2.5) and annual activity and financial reports (Section 9) (1 report annual)
Government Discretion to Audit NGOs
Permissible at any time, with or without cause (Section 5.1) Only if reports are not "accurate"
Authority to Dissolve NGO or Confiscate Funds
At discretion of government officials; no court order required (Section 6) (Obama Apptointed Court Order)
Restrictions on Foreign Affiliations
Must inform government of intention to affiliate (Section 8.1) None
NGO Compensation:
An NGO shall not distribute any net earnings or profits to any person.
The assets, earnings, and profits of an NGO shall be used to support the not-for-profit
purposes of the NGO and shall not be used to provide benefits, directly or indirectly,
to any founder, director, officer, member, employee, or donor of the NGO or to any individual
who is a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, or sibling of any of the aforesaid, or majority
owner of an entity that is a member of the NGO. (No restrictions)
NGO Law Administrator:
L. Paul Bremer, Administrator
Coalition Provisional Authority (US State Dept)
If anyone ever doubted that Washington Politics has total say in USA based, NGO activity, I believe this chart firmly puts that to rest.
http://www.icnl.org/knowledge/news/2010/01-25.htm
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/cpa/english/government/NGO_Assistance_Office/order_45.htm