[Open-data-census] Gov Spending Data

Tue Oct 22 07:45:32 BST 2013

Yeah I got that. I found some information re quarterly expenditure, 
month by month for Malta. I updated the census data. Pls review to 
verify whether its in line with the category.

C

On 22/10/2013 08:22, Pierre Chrzanowski wrote:
> Hi Charlie, the definition given by the Open Data Census is the following
>
> /Records of actual (past) national government spending at a detailed 
> transactional level, that is at the level of month to month government 
> expenditure on specific items (as an example, we would anticipate 
> seeing many individual records of spending amounts under $1m or even 
> under $100k). (Note: just a database of contracts awarded or similar 
> is *not* sufficient. This requires detailed ongoing data on *actual* 
> expenditure)/
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Charlie Abela 
> <charlie.abela at um.edu.mt <mailto:charlie.abela at um.edu.mt>> wrote:
>
>     Can someone explain what is meant by spending data in this context?
>     Does it refer to Government's on going revenue and expenditure?
>
>     C
>
>
>     On 22/10/2013 01:18, Pierre Chrzanowski wrote:
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I just reviewed Spending Data for countries with a score above
>>     40%, excluded the ones Graeme did.
>>
>>     Here is my reviewing report :
>>
>>     *Correct entries:*
>>     US, Brazil, Moldova, Russian Federation,
>>
>>     *Budget expenditure plan data not spending data:*
>>     Malta, Nepal, Serbia, Lithuania, Slovakia
>>
>>     *Not transactionnal data but aggregated spending data:*
>>     Switzerland, Ireland, Ecuador, Poland, Romania, Korea
>>
>>     *Cannot review:*
>>     Singapore (missing link), Greece (under an API), Bulgaria (cannot
>>     find information on data with the link provided).
>>
>>     Let we know if we still have time to review those equal or below
>>     40% tomorrow.
>>
>>     Pierre
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Graeme Jones <jonesiom at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:jonesiom at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Similar to Pierre, I researched and reviewed 15 English
>>         language offshore jurisdictions but only 1 of the 15 had
>>         detailed monthly information or any detailed information.
>>
>>         Graeme Jones
>>         Isle of Man Country Editor
>>
>>
>>             Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:26:28 +0200
>>             From: Pierre Chrzanowski <pierre.chrzanowski at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:pierre.chrzanowski at gmail.com>>
>>             Subject: Re: [Open-data-census] Census almost finalized
>>             To: Christian Villum <christian.villum at okfn.org
>>             <mailto:christian.villum at okfn.org>>
>>             Cc: open-data-census <open-data-census at lists.okfn.org
>>             <mailto:open-data-census at lists.okfn.org>>
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>>             ...
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>>             Also, I just had a quick look to the results and I found
>>             that many positive
>>             responses for the Gov Spending Data does not comply with the
>>             definition of "spending data at a detailed transactional
>>             level".
>>
>>             Pierre
>>
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