[open-government] Last Chance - Municipal transparency help

Wed May 29 03:44:24 UTC 2013

Hi Jonathan,

I've added a comment in your questionnaire arguing that there will likely
be a difference between requesting tender data, which you have suggested
and asking for transactional spending data:

Two examples (which might, might not be relevant in your case):
1) Civil servants pay multiple visits to Tim Horton purchasing coffee below
the amount threshold for tenders

2) Department of education experiences hikes in rental costs from the
Department of Municipal Property, which owns the buildings.

In both cases you could be considerably better off from having access to
full transactional spending data, than merely having access to tender data.

Best,
Anders

On 28 May 2013 23:05, Jonathan Brun <jbrun at jonathanbrun.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> We are wrapping up a proposed questionnaire for municipal office
> candidates, any comments or tips would be appreciated!
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/a/jonathanbrun.com/document/d/1zn4KehQOv6IIRlJBi4kGjtHOdbYpS5nh4tcu7rffx4o/edit
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> Date to complete it: May 31st
>
> JB
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