--- a/about.php +++ b/about.php @@ -1,1 +1,22 @@ +Organisational Data Sources +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. + +http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/flipchart/docs/FMACACFlipchart.pdf summarises these + +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 recieve a seperate record as a child of their department. +Some small agencies will choose to simply rely on their parent department's accountablity measures. + +This flows through to organisation name and other/past names. A department that accounts for an agency will list that agency as an other child name. +As agencies themselves shift between departments, there may be scope for providing time ranges but typically the newest hierarchy will be the one recorded. +A department/agency name will be the newest active name assigned to that ABN. + +Statistical information from http://www.apsc.gov.au/stateoftheservice/1011/statsbulletin/section1.html#t2total https://www.apsedii.gov.au/apsedii/CustomQueryx33.shtml + +Open Government Scoring ++1 point for every true Has... attribute +-1 point for every false Has... (ie. Has Not) attribute + +