Redid direct agency info import
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-Organisational Data Sources
+<?php
+include_once('include/common.inc.php');
+include_header();
+?>
+<div class="foundation-header">
+    <h1><a href="about.php">About/FAQ</a></h1>
+    <h4 class="subheader">Lorem ipsum.</h4>
+</div>
+<h2> What is this? </h2>
+Disclosr is a project to monitor Australian Federal Government agencies 
+compliance with their <a href="http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/other_operational/foi_policy_frequently_asked_questions.html#_Toc291837571">"proactive disclosure requirements"</a>.
+OGRE (Open Government Realization Evaluation) is a ranking of compliance with these requirements.
+Prometheus is the agent which polls agency websites to assess compliance.
+
+<h2> Open everything </h2>
+all documents released CC-BY 3 AU
+Open source git @
+
+<h2>Organisational Data Sources</h2>
 
 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
+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
 
 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.
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 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.
 
+ABN information is derived from the ABR. This is the definitive umpire about which former name should be linked to which current name. 
+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) 
+and "Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government" (new ABN).
+
 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.
 
-Open Government Scoring
+<h2>Open Government Scoring</h2>
 +1 point for every true Has... attribute
 -1 point for every false Has... (ie. Has Not) attribute
 
+Don't like this? Make your own score, suggest a better scoring mechanism.
 
+<?php
+include_footer();
+?>