[open-government] Examples of Open Data against conflicts of interests?

Thu Dec 8 14:45:54 UTC 2011

Dear Marco,

K-Monitor Watchdog for Public Funds from Hungary has been working on a
database (called the Network) which scrapes open government data from the
following areas: public procurements, EU tenders and agricultural subsidies
as well as company registry and personal information of politicians and
business people who are close to public funds. Later on, we'll try to add
legislation data to the Network and though we have no public information on
party or campaign financing, one our major goals was to make a database for
detecting conflicts of interest.

The database is in a beta version yet and will be launched in January, if
you need any more information feel free to contact me!

Bests,
Julia Keserű
Budapest, Hungary

2011/12/7 <Ole.Wintermann at bertelsmann-stiftung.de>

> Some days ago I have gathered some examples (in a list) initiated by the
> Sunlights (
> http://globaler-wandel.blogspot.com/2011/11/neue-studie-der-sunlight-foundation-zur.html
> )
>
> Best
> Ole
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] Im Auftrag von Fabrizio Scrollini
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Dezember 2011 11:16
> An: M. Fioretti
> Cc: Open Government
> Betreff: Re: [open-government] Examples of Open Data against conflicts of
> interests?
>
> Hi there Marco,
>
> There are several proyects in the Sunlight Foundation around lobbying
> activities. Also in Latin America www.inspectordeintereses.cl is an
> example of using public information with those purposes. Note that I
> am unsure if it is all open data, (in the very technical sense) but
> for sure is public information
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
>
> On 07/12/2011, M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am collecting for an article real world examples and success stories
> > of one **specific** usage of Open Data/Open Gov projects: discovering
> > and preventing conflicts of interests at all levels, from city to
> > state. I already have some material, but the more the better of
> > course!
> >
> > what I am looking for are things like showing which public officials
> > or candidates own stocks in which companies, and if/how they vote for
> > laws that specifically impact on those companies, or which company
> > funded which party, etc....
> >
> > Any input is very welcome, and please DO pass around this request as
> > much as you see fit!
> >
> > thanks,
> >       Marco
> >       http://mfioretti.com
> >
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>
>
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