'compel a response' is correct and usable in written English.
You would use this expression to suggest that someone has to respond to a situation or stimulus, such as a question. For example, "The success of the mission will compel a response from the government."
Defenders of Wildlife filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel a response to requests for documents from the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management about plans for fossil fuel development on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State to compel a response to CBD's request for records regarding the preparation and production of the "overdue" seventh U.S. Climate Action Report.
The first anniversary of the Supreme Court's historic decision ordering the regulation of greenhouse gases came and went last week without any action by the administration, forcing state governors and other plaintiffs in the case to return to court to compel a response.
Enough information has surfaced against Gallo to compel a response from the company, he said Wednesday in a letter to the parties.
Governments from around the world could continue to advise ICANN, but those recommendations wouldn't compel a response from the board unless they were effectively unanimous, giving the U.S. what amounts to veto power over hostile proposals made by other countries.
Mr. Eugene Fidell, in his 24 April post on Just Security, offered a "primer" on how the U.S. military justice system deals with what he refers to as "Operational Mishaps," a phrase he defines as excluding "intentional misconduct". While informative, he raises several issues that compel a response.
Three complaints from one household or a complaint from five separate households will compel a police response.
Moscow's kind of war is more subtle and yet all the more effective — precisely because it does not compel an overwhelming response.
Mr. Obama put his credibility on the line when he declared last August that Mr. Assad's use of chemical weapons would constitute a "red line" that would compel an American response.
Among the president's advisers, there is a recognition that the crackdown could eventually escalate to the point where it would compel a more aggressive response, but there is no consensus on what that threshold would be.
They are compelling a moral response from us that's more challenging than approval or disapproval.
