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<h1><a href="about.php">About/FAQ</a></h1> |
<h1><a href="about.php">About/FAQ</a></h1> |
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<h2> What is this? </h2> |
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Disclosr 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"</a>. |
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OGRE (Open Government Realization Evaluation) is a ranking of compliance with these requirements. |
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Prometheus is the agent which polls agency websites to assess compliance. |
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<h2> Open everything </h2> |
<h2> Open everything </h2> |
all documents released CC-BY 3 AU |
all documents released CC-BY 3 AU |
Open source git @ |
Open source git @ |
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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. |
Agencies can be found in the Schedule to an Appropriation Bill (budget), Schedule to FMA Regulations and/or Public Service Act. |
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http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/flipchart/docs/FMACACFlipchart.pdf summarises these |
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 |
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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 recieve a seperate record as a child of their department. |
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. |
Some small agencies will choose to simply rely on their parent department's accountablity measures. |
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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. |
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. |
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. |
A department/agency name will be the newest active name assigned to that ABN. |
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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. |
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For example "Department of Transport and Regional Services" became "Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government" (same ABN) |
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however it later split into "Department of Infrastructure and Transport" (same ABN) |
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and "Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government" (new ABN). |
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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. |
and individual annual reports. |
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<h2>Open Government Scoring</h2> |
<h2>Open Government Scoring</h2> |
+1 point for every true Has... attribute |
+1 point for every true Has... attribute |
-1 point for every false Has... (ie. Has Not) attribute |
-1 point for every false Has... (ie. Has Not) attribute |
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Don't like this? Make your own score, suggest a better scoring mechanism. |
Don't like this? Make your own score, suggest a better scoring mechanism. |
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