[OpenSpending] contents of openspending Digest, Vol 44, Issue 13 - government spending

Tue Aug 20 13:41:19 UTC 2013

Colleagues,
For the UK, may I suggest a new application - Government Interrogating Spending tool: http://www.gist.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/

It is in beta format and not sure how much data is contained within the search.

There is also COINS: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/coins . This system has now been replaced by OSCAR: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oscar-publishing-data-from-the-database

MarySusan Barry

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Today's Topics:

   1. Test-run our new app at the Community Hangout tomorrow
      Wednesday August 21st (Anders Pedersen)
   2. Re: Spending data question (Anders Pedersen)
   3. The OpenSpending guide now available in Spanish:	more to
      languages to follow! (Anders Pedersen)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 07:33:47 -0400
From: Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org>
Subject: [OpenSpending] Test-run our new app at the Community Hangout
	tomorrow Wednesday August 21st
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Hi All,

>From 
>translations<https://trello.com/c/abfAVgBC/14-openspending-guide-transl
>ation-sprint-august-9th-to-august-23rd>to
spending
consultations<https://trello.com/c/zowHPuln/32-community-consultations-on-imf-data-standards>
the
OpenSpending community have seen some great activities recently. The upcoming Community Hangout is another chance for you to get involved by helping us test run our new app!

*When:* Wednesday August 21 at 19:00 CET / 18:00 GMT / 13:00 EDT - your time zone<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OpenSpending+Community+Hangout&iso=20130821T13&p1=263&ah=1>

*Where:* Via Google Hangout and IRC <http://webchat.freenode.net/> on freenode channel #openspending.

*How to join? *Sign up
here<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1vi2LNysNsu346-X8H5oIp00OUjDFsiR_pYcQSWrQAiY/viewform>to
receive an invite for the Google Hangout. You can also simply join the Google Hangout or the webchat, when we drop the link on the mailing list Wednesday before the call.

*What is on the agenda?*

- Test-run our new app!

Come and have a look at the first prototype of a brand new application that we at OpenSpending are creating in collaboration with the data journalism agency J++ <http://jplusplus.org/>. The application is intended to help citizens understand spending. We are particularly thrilled to show this as we hope that members across the community will fork and deploy it locally in new languages and currencies.

- Help us put suggest improvements to IMFs Fiscal Transparency Code:
A few weeks back Marc Joffe took up the initiative to pitch the first notes<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/document/d/1mKbLL11XA9uDGRxH981BZUtURW3kty7Bb2iTvCJU7_Q/edit>for
a response to the consultation on IMFs Fiscal Transparency Code. We will add more to the consultation and are eager to have your input.

I hope to see you at the hangout!

If you are not able to make it, fear not. The feedback for the app will be circulated after the call. As for the IMF consultation you can already contribute by heading over to the google doc<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/document/d/1mKbLL11XA9uDGRxH981BZUtURW3kty7Bb2iTvCJU7_Q/edit>.

Best,
Anders

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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:01:49 -0400
From: Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org>
Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] Spending data question
To: OpenSpending Discussion List <openspending at lists.okfn.org>
Cc: Milena Marin <milena.marin at okfn.org>
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Hi all,

Over at School of Data, Milena and Michael are currently looking to explore government spending data during the financial crisis (2006-2012). I would be really interested to hear if any of you can suggest good data sources to share on this topic!

For sources on government spending data, I would suggest:
- Eurostat: The link for the section on government finances is available here (with 2012 being the most recent figures):
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/government_finance_statistics/data/database
- OECD/IMF: Their annual reports should be useful as well.
- Other?

Do any of you have links or sources to share for tracing government spending during the crisis?

Best,
Anders

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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:38:46 -0400
From: Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org>
Subject: [OpenSpending] The OpenSpending guide now available in
	Spanish:	more to languages to follow!
To: OpenSpending Discussion List <openspending at lists.okfn.org>
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All,

I wanted to give a quick update on the translation sprint of the OpenSpending guide<https://trello.com/c/abfAVgBC/14-openspending-guide-translation-sprint-august-9th-to-august-23rd>
that
we set out for a week ago.

This weekend Ana reached a near completion of the *Spanish version of the guide*<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/document/d/1sl9Fvtbp5y-XDnY6cosZb5CJQw-oAD_zs1kVqBovk14/edit?usp=drive_web>.
A
big congratulations on this achievement! You can still help out polishing the Spanish version by translating the image texts - simply add your self to this ticket on Trello<https://trello.com/c/CPA3l7PV/58-images-pictures-of-the-spanish-text-need-to-be-translated>
.

We are also excited about the signups to translate the OpenSpending guide into Nepali, Romanian, Finnish and Hebrew: thanks to Prakash, Victoria, Henri and Mor from the community. You can still lend a hand to these amazing translators or add your own language by joining the translation sprint Trello ticket<https://trello.com/c/abfAVgBC/14-openspending-guide-translation-sprint-august-9th-to-august-23rd>.

Anders

On 12 August 2013 08:05, Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org> wrote:

> All,
>
> Thanks to a great editing job from Neil, we now have a brand new guide 
> to OpenSpending. The guide is available from our new help 
> section<http://blog.openspending.org/help/> and in this google 
> doc<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/document/d/1-RhyBc7rFgBW78160BA
> 0mxD6cpVZ-PtfM8QL_WEoPqY/edit#heading=h.79vyyu8n203g>,
> and based on both previous as well as a lot of newly added material.
>
> We however want communities to be able to work easily with 
> OpenSpending across the world and languages. We are therefore calling 
> those of you with language skills to help us translate the 
> OpenSpending guide into multiple languages.
>
> Already, members have signed up to translate the guide into Spanish, 
> Nepali and Romanian. Big shouts outs to Ana Sofia, Prakash and 
> Victoria, for taking the initiative on this!
>
> How to get started translating?
> You can easily sign up with a language by adding your name to this 
> Trello 
> ticket<https://trello.com/c/abfAVgBC/14-openspending-guide-translation
> -sprint-august-9th-to-august-23rd>on the OpenSpending Trello board. If 
> you need help getting started using our Trello board, you can go here<https://trello.com/c/xeGcPRCv/1-read-this-first-to-get-started>to learn more. Then simply head over to the translator tips<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/document/d/1-RhyBc7rFgBW78160BA0mxD6cpVZ-PtfM8QL_WEoPqY/edit#heading=h.ym1luowa2lf8> that we have added to the OpenSpending guide.
>
> If you need help, don't forget to reach out to the mailing list!
>
> Anders
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