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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> |
<h2> What is this? </h2> |
| Disclosr is a project to monitor Australian Federal Government agencies |
Disclo.gs 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>. |
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>. |
| OGRE (Open Government Realization Evaluation) is a ranking of compliance with these requirements. |
<h2> Attributions </h2> |
| Prometheus is the agent which polls agency websites to assess compliance. |
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/> |
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data.gov.au http://data.gov.au/dataset/directory-gov-au-full-data-export/ <br/> |
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directory.gov.au <br/> |
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australia.gov.au http://australia.gov.au/about/copyright <br/> |
| <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.<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 |
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 |
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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. |
| 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.<br> |
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