[OpenSpending] openspending Digest, Vol 59, Issue 1
Kathryn Corrick
kathryn.corrick at googlemail.com
Sun Nov 2 21:46:54 UTC 2014
Hi Conchita,
Have a look at the work of Spend Network, who have been examining government procurement data in the UK https://spendnetwork.com
Kathryn
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> 1. Procurement app? (Conchita Catalan)
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> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:09:48 +0100
> From: Conchita Catalan <ccgbcn at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [OpenSpending] Procurement app?
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> Hello,
> Has anybody ever developed an app to make procurement more transparent?
> If you have or know about any example, I'd like to hear about your
> experience.
> Thanks,
> Concha Catalan
> opengov.cat
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> 2014-10-25 14:00 GMT+02:00 <openspending-request at lists.okfn.org>:
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>> 1. Global Open Data Index 2014: Final week of the submissions
>> sprint (Rufus Pollock)
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>> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:01:46 +0100
>> From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
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>> Subject: [OpenSpending] Global Open Data Index 2014: Final week of the
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> We are now on the home run for the Global Open Data Index 2014
>> <http://global.census.okfn.org/>.
>>
>>
>> *Final Submissions*
>>
>>
>> Submissions close next week (deadline* October 30*) so please help us make
>> sure your country is represented in the Global Open Data Index 2014.
>>
>>
>> After this date, it won't be possible to make further submissions and our
>> reviewing process will begin ahead of the final publication of the Index.
>>
>>
>> We?ve extended the country-list year so we need your help more than ever in
>> the final week! If your country already has data for 2013, it's incredibly
>> easy to revise and update the data for 2014.
>>
>>
>> Here are a few countries we need particular help with (please note that we
>> welcome contributions on any country but these are some where assistance is
>> especially valued due to sparse coverage at the moment):
>>
>>
>>
>> *Europe* ? Armenia, Croatia, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovenia, Norway, Finland,
>> Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Poland
>>
>> *Americas* ? Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Brazil, USA
>>
>> *Asia/Pacific* ? South Korea, Taiwan, India, Mongolia, New Zealand,
>> Australia
>>
>> *Africa* ? Sierra Leone, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique
>>
>>
>> Thank you so much to all of the people who have already made their
>> submissions for 2014.
>>
>> *Reviewing*
>>
>>
>>
>> All submissions need to be reviewed to ensure good accuracy and quality.
>>
>>
>> *If you are interested in reviewing either for your country or region,
>> please sign up here
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>> https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1WUwIiGRPpV3dw7MsUWVisaBZbKRSOQ2IXmgRt_cBW9E/viewform
>>> .*
>>
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>> *Submission Close-out Hangout*
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>> I?ll be chatting to Mor Rubinstein about the Index on 30 October at 2pm BST
>> (London) / 9am EDT / 3pm Europe as part of the *final submission closing
>> day*. Discussing how the Index provides governments and civil society with
>> the means to track and advocate for open data.
>>
>> *Join us in the google hangout here
>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c7ul67ch37siq8trdia1hf3li78>.*
>>
>> The Global Madness Day marks the last day of our sprints ? and your last
>> opportunity to make sure your country appears in the Global Open Data Index
>> 2014!
>>
>>
>> See our Twitter feed *#*openindex14 for updates about activities we have
>> planned throughout the day.
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>> See you there!
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> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 20:32:49 +0000
> From: Tim Davies <tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] Procurement app?
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> Hello,
>
> The Open Contracting Data Standards project is looking at developing a
> specification for describing contracting processes, particularly
> procurement. The current draft can be accessed from links here:
> http://standard.open-contracting.org/standard/ and by the end of the coming
> week we hope to have an updated iteration of this ready.
>
> The Open Procurement project is already drawing on the draft spec for an
> open source application which you can find here: http://openprocurement.org/
>
> Their Open Source Systems Overview presentation linked on that page
> provides a really good overview of some of the different projects out there
> with an angle on open procurement.
>
> More generally, the Open Contracting Partnership community of practice
> might be a good place to explore this too: http://pro-act.org/
>
> Would love to hear if you had particular plans or issues you were thinking
> of addressing with an app or project...
>
> All the best
>
> Tim Davies
> (with Web Foundation Open Data Team hat on)
>
>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Conchita Catalan <ccgbcn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> Has anybody ever developed an app to make procurement more transparent?
>> If you have or know about any example, I'd like to hear about your
>> experience.
>> Thanks,
>> Concha Catalan
>> opengov.cat
>>
>>
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>>> Today's Topics:
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>>> 1. Global Open Data Index 2014: Final week of the submissions
>>> sprint (Rufus Pollock)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:01:46 +0100
>>> From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>>> To: "openspending at lists.okfn.org" <openspending at lists.okfn.org>
>>> Subject: [OpenSpending] Global Open Data Index 2014: Final week of the
>>> submissions sprint
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>>> rTVy6s_TVdWdFc9-M7HdfMNJvMi2pVQqUpGM6g at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> We are now on the home run for the Global Open Data Index 2014
>>> <http://global.census.okfn.org/>.
>>>
>>>
>>> *Final Submissions*
>>>
>>>
>>> Submissions close next week (deadline* October 30*) so please help us make
>>> sure your country is represented in the Global Open Data Index 2014.
>>>
>>>
>>> After this date, it won't be possible to make further submissions and our
>>> reviewing process will begin ahead of the final publication of the Index.
>>>
>>>
>>> We?ve extended the country-list year so we need your help more than ever
>>> in
>>> the final week! If your country already has data for 2013, it's
>>> incredibly
>>> easy to revise and update the data for 2014.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here are a few countries we need particular help with (please note that we
>>> welcome contributions on any country but these are some where assistance
>>> is
>>> especially valued due to sparse coverage at the moment):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Europe* ? Armenia, Croatia, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovenia, Norway, Finland,
>>> Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Poland
>>>
>>> *Americas* ? Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Brazil, USA
>>>
>>> *Asia/Pacific* ? South Korea, Taiwan, India, Mongolia, New Zealand,
>>> Australia
>>>
>>> *Africa* ? Sierra Leone, Mali, Malawi, Mozambique
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you so much to all of the people who have already made their
>>> submissions for 2014.
>>>
>>> *Reviewing*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All submissions need to be reviewed to ensure good accuracy and quality.
>>>
>>>
>>> *If you are interested in reviewing either for your country or region,
>>> please sign up here
>>> <
>>> https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1WUwIiGRPpV3dw7MsUWVisaBZbKRSOQ2IXmgRt_cBW9E/viewform
>>>> .*
>>>
>>>
>>> *Submission Close-out Hangout*
>>>
>>>
>>> I?ll be chatting to Mor Rubinstein about the Index on 30 October at 2pm
>>> BST
>>> (London) / 9am EDT / 3pm Europe as part of the *final submission closing
>>> day*. Discussing how the Index provides governments and civil society with
>>> the means to track and advocate for open data.
>>>
>>> *Join us in the google hangout here
>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c7ul67ch37siq8trdia1hf3li78>.*
>>>
>>> The Global Madness Day marks the last day of our sprints ? and your last
>>> opportunity to make sure your country appears in the Global Open Data
>>> Index
>>> 2014!
>>>
>>>
>>> See our Twitter feed *#*openindex14 for updates about activities we have
>>> planned throughout the day.
>>>
>>>
>>> See you there!
>>>
>>>
>>> Rufus
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