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| <h1><a href="about.php">About/FAQ</a></h1> |
<h1><a href="about.php">About/FAQ</a></h1> |
| <h4 class="subheader">Lorem ipsum.</h4> |
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| <h2> What is this? </h2> |
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| Disclo.gs is a project to monitor Australian Federal Government agencies |
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| compliance with their <a href="http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/other_operational/foi_policy_frequently_asked_questions.html#_Toc291837571">"proactive disclosure requirements" to make a transparency league table as suggested by gov2 taskforce http://gov2.net.au/blog/2009/09/19/a-league-ladder-of-psi-openness/</a>. |
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| <h2> Attributions </h2> |
<h2> Attributions </h2> |
| National Archives of Australia, Australian Governments’ Interactive Functions Thesaurus, 2nd edition, September 2005, published at http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/thesaurus/index.htm <br/> |
National Archives of Australia, Australian Governments’ Interactive Functions Thesaurus, 2nd edition, September 2005, published at http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/thesaurus/index.htm <br/> |
| data.gov.au http://data.gov.au/dataset/directory-gov-au-full-data-export/ <br/> |
data.gov.au http://data.gov.au/dataset/directory-gov-au-full-data-export/ <br/> |
| directory.gov.au <br/> |
directory.gov.au <br/> |
| australia.gov.au http://australia.gov.au/about/copyright <br/> |
australia.gov.au http://australia.gov.au/about/copyright <br/> |
| <h2> Open everything </h2> |
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| All documents released CC-BY 3 AU |
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| <h2>Organisational Data Sources</h2> |
<h2>Organisational Data Sources</h2> |
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| http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Browse/Results/ByTitle/AdministrativeArrangementsOrders/Current/Ad/0 defines departments |
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Browse/Results/ByTitle/AdministrativeArrangementsOrders/Current/Ad/0 defines departments |
| Agencies can be found in the Schedule to an Appropriation Bill (budget), Schedule to FMA Regulations and/or Public Service Act.<br> |
Agencies can be found in the Schedule to an Appropriation Bill (budget), Schedule to FMA Regulations and/or Public Service Act.<br> |
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| http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/flipchart/docs/FMACACFlipchart.pdf summarises these. view-source:https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.advancedsearch.home is great for the suspended/active status<br> |
http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/flipchart/docs/FMACACFlipchart.pdf summarises these. view-source:https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.advancedsearch.home is great for the suspended/active status<br> |
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| Fraud in gov depts by Fairfax Media http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service-keeps-fraud-cases-private-20110923-1kpdr.html |
Fraud in gov depts by Fairfax Media http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service-keeps-fraud-cases-private-20110923-1kpdr.html <br> |
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| When defining the hierachy, this system is designed towards monitoring accountablity. Thus large agencies that have registered their own ABN |
When defining the hierachy, this system is designed towards monitoring accountablity. Thus large agencies that have registered their own ABN |
| and have their own accountablity mechanisms/website receive a seperate record as a child of their department. |
and have their own accountablity mechanisms/website receive a seperate record as a child of their department.<br> |
| Some small agencies will choose to simply rely on their parent department's accountablity measures.<br> |
Some small agencies will choose to simply rely on their parent department's accountablity measures.<br> |
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| This flows through to organisation name and other/past names. A department that completely accounts for an agency will list that agency as an other child name. |
This flows through to organisation name and other/past names. A department that completely accounts for an agency will list that agency as an other child name.<br> |
| As agencies themselves shift between departments, there may be scope for providing time ranges but typically the newest hierarchy will be the one recorded. |
As agencies themselves shift between departments, there may be scope for providing time ranges but typically the newest hierarchy will be the one recorded.<br> |
| A department/agency name will be the newest active name assigned to that ABN.<br> |
A department/agency name will be the newest active name assigned to that ABN.<br> |
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| ABN information is derived from the ABR. This is the definitive umpire about which former name should be linked to which current name. |
ABN information is derived from the ABR. This is the definitive umpire about which former name should be linked to which current name. <br> |
| For example "Department of Transport and Regional Services" became "Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government" (same ABN) |
For example "Department of Transport and Regional Services" became "Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government" (same ABN) |
| however it later split into "Department of Infrastructure and Transport" (same ABN) |
however it later split into "Department of Infrastructure and Transport" (same ABN) |
| and "Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government" (new ABN).<br> |
and "Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government" (new ABN).<br> |
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| Statistical information from http://www.apsc.gov.au/stateoftheservice/1011/statsbulletin/section1.html#t2total https://www.apsedii.gov.au/apsedii/CustomQueryx33.shtml |
Statistical information from http://www.apsc.gov.au/stateoftheservice/1011/statsbulletin/section1.html#t2total https://www.apsedii.gov.au/apsedii/CustomQueryx33.shtml |
| and individual annual reports.<br> |
and individual annual reports.<br> |
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| <h2>Webpage Assessment</h2> |
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| Much due care has been put into correctly recording disclosure URLs. Typically the "About", "Corporate", "Publications" and "Sitemap" sections are checked at the very least. |
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| Occasionally it is nessicary to use a site or Google search. In several rare cases, there is a secret "Disclosure" navigation menu you can find if you find one of the mandatory publishing obligations in that category (seriously).<br> |
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| Some rules about leniency:<br> |
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| <li>An empty FOI disclosure log counts, a page outlining what the FOI Act is does not.</li> |
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| <li>A disclosure log in PDF or Word format counts :(</li> |
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| <li>An empty File/Record list counts (although that's very minimalistic that you have no files, electronic or paper)</li> |
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| <li>Only a current information publication scheme page counts, not a s.9 FOI Act page or an organisation chart.</li> |
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| <li>If there isn't a page easily listing all current and past Annual Reports, the most current one (html, pdf) counts.</li> |
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| <li>Consultancy contracts might not need it's own webpage (if in Annual Report), grants/appointments might not apply to all organisations but Legal Services Expenditure (and all other obligations) does need a webpage. </li> |
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| <h2>Open Government Scoring</h2> |
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| +1 point for every true Has... attribute<br> |
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| -1 point for every false Has... (ie. Has Not) attribute</br> |
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| Don't like this? Make your own score, suggest a better scoring mechanism.</br> |
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