[open-data-day] Fwd: Civil Society Procurement Monitoring Tool

Sat Dec 22 22:18:53 GMT 2012

Hi Everyone,

For those interested in the government transparency side of open data - here is project that might be fun to implement before and/or during open data day.

Dave

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shruti Shah [mailto:sshah at transparency-usa.org] 
> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 10:19 AM
> To: Patrice McDermott
> Cc: Francesco de Simone
> Subject: Civil Society Procurement Monitoring Tool and Honest services
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> Hi Patrice,
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> I thought I should pass on the link to our Civil Society Procurement Monitoring (CSPM) Tool, available at  http://monitoring.transparency-usa.org/
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> The CSPM  is an online tool to support Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that want to monitor public procurement for red flags of corruption.
> While several CSOs have successfully monitored public procurement in their respective countries for many years, some of them lack a simple, user-friendly, web-based tool to support and streamline their monitoring activities.  Our tool was created to try and fill this void.  We have  piloted the tool in Indonesia and the Philippines. and we have received positive initial feedback.
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> This brief tutorial video shows how the tool works https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19136296/Civil%20Society%20Procurement%20Monitoring%20Tool%20-%20How%20it%20Works.swf  the video can also be accessed from the homepage of the tool.
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> The tool is free and open for use. We would appreciate it if you could share this with contacts and colleagues you think may be interested in knowing or using the CSPM tool. 
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> Additionally, I am also sending a link to our paper on honest services http://www.transparency-usa.org/documents/TI-USA-WHitePaper-UndisclosedSelf-DealingbyPublicOfficialsandtheNeedforaLegislativeResponeto.pdf
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> Please contact us if you have any questions.
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> Happy holidays to you.  Wish you a peaceful, happy, and joyous time with family!
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> Best regards,
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> Shruti
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> Shruti Shah
> Senior Policy Director
> Transparency International-USA
> 1023 15th Street NW, Suite 300
> Washington DC, 20005
> tel:  202.589.1616
> fax:  202.589.1512
> www.transparency-usa.org
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