23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Plenty of criticism of gaps in the framework particularly the absence of a national integrity or anti-corruption commission. The account of the Status Quo suggests there is no problem here that needs to be addressed. Commitment 4.2 National Integrity Framework From the…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Commitment 4.1 Confidence in electoral system and political parties Political donation reform is high on everyone’s list-a general feeling that government is proposing nothing more than ‘wait and see’ what comes out of a parliamentary inquiry. From the PM&C round up: Justin…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Commitment 3.2 Understand the use of freedom of information From the PM&C round up: Justin Warren PivotNine (consultancy) Curious about the use of the term ‘public data’. Information in many of these datasets is supplied by individuals – it is still mine,…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Commitment 3.2 Understand the use of freedom of information From the PM&C round up: Justin Warren PivotNine (consultancy) Applaud general principles, but urge caution when designing the metrics. Take time to consider how a perverse or obstructionist actor may choose to interpret…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Commitment 3.1 Information management and access laws for the 21st century A hot topic with comments and suggestions emphasising the law and practice concerning the right to access government information-the cornerstone of our democracy-requires a commitment to more support, resources, effective oversight…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Commitment 2.3 Digitally transform the delivery of government services From the PM&C round up: Justin Warren PivotNine (consultancy) This commitment appears to largely relate to providing the barest of minimums of IT project and procurement information to the public. This is hardly…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Commitment 2.2 Build and maintain public trust to address concerns about data sharing Issues raised suggest a big job ahead….. From the PM&C round up: Justin Warren PivotNine (consultancy) This commitment entirely ignores the privacy impacts of data collection and data…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Issues raised include ownership of data as per Productivity Commission draft paper, copyright issues, problem of defining ‘high value’, publish register of data sets, publication of specified national interest data sets , importance of commitment to long term access to data. Cropping up in…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan 1.3 Natural Resource Transparency Issues raised include whether this is limited to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, and From Publish What You Pay Australia: Should be greater connection between commitments 1.2 and 1.3 – the EITI Standard recommends by 2020, countries have…
23rd November 2016 – Uncategorised
Further in the series- Issues raised in Submissions on Draft National Action Plan Issues raised include the need for a stronger commitment, how this commitment fits with the proposed sale/privatisation of management of the ASIC register, why access to information should be limited to ‘competent aurthorities’ and whether legal entities other than corporations should be…