--- a/about.php +++ b/about.php @@ -1,39 +1,42 @@ <?php include_once('include/common.inc.php'); -include_header(); +include_header('About'); ?> <div class="foundation-header"> <h1><a href="about.php">About/FAQ</a></h1> - <h4 class="subheader">Lorem ipsum.</h4> </div> -<h2> Open everything </h2> -all documents released CC-BY 3 AU -Open source git @ +<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/> +data.gov.au http://data.gov.au/dataset/directory-gov-au-full-data-export/ <br/> +directory.gov.au <br/> +australia.gov.au http://australia.gov.au/about/copyright <br/> <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. +Agencies can be found in the Schedule to an Appropriation Bill (budget), Schedule to FMA Regulations and/or Public Service Act.<br> -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<br> + +Fraud in gov depts by Fairfax Media http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service-keeps-fraud-cases-private-20110923-1kpdr.html <br> 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. +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> -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. +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.<br> +A department/agency name will be the newest active name assigned to that ABN.<br> + +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) +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> 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. - -<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. +and individual annual reports.<br> <?php include_footer(); ?> +