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Source code: Alaveteli source code
Alaveteli is the software extracted from WhatDoTheyKnow.com, developed by mySociety. For the last few months it's been extended to allow the use of different languages, and to make it more flexible, so it can work in jurisdictions other than the UK. The final goal is that an NGO or citizen in any country can launch a similar site in just a couple of weeks. -
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Although a citizen can ask a public body directly, there are some hurdles in practice: lack of knowledge about what to ask, or how to do it, since previous requests are not available; picking the right public body and finding the contact details; remembering to follow up the request in case of delay; and doing all this in private is hard and demoralising. The web is specifically designed to address all these issues. -
Activismo para el reconocimiento de un derecho: Lobbying to pass an access to information law
An access to information law has been promised by the government party in Spain since 2004. Due to lack of knowledge in society, and hence lack of social pressure, its approval has been delayed a number of times. Spain's General Elections are now scheduled for November 20th, and both main parties have promised again that they'll pass the law. We must ensure they don't backtrack, and we believe the best way to do that is to show the poor current situation regarding transparency, and to show with real examples the use of access to information requests.
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David Cabo
David Cabo is vice-president of Pro Bono Publico and creator of dondevanmisimpuestos.es, a web for visualizing the annual budgets from Spanish public administrations, developed in collaboration with the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN). Worked with mySociety and Access Info Europe in the development of the EU access to information site, AsktheEU.org. David launched the transparency initiative #adoptaundiputado (Adopt an MP) to crowdsource the parsing of Spanish parlamentaries' financial disclosure reports, and has colaborated with investigative journalists in the extraction and analysis of public records (Looting the Seas, ICIJ).
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¿Por qué es importante una ley de transparencia?
By: David Cabo 03 | 11 | 2011
(Video realizado por integrantes de la Comisión de Audiovisuales del Movimiento 15M Madrid: Olga Iáñez, Maite Vitoria, Ivan Martínez y Rafael Medrano.)
España es el único de país europeo con más de un millón de habitantes que no cuenta con una ley de acceso a la información pública. Esto implica que el gobierno y las instituciones públicas no están obligadas a facilitarnos información necesaria para tomar decisiones importantes en el ámbito personal, profesional y político. He aquí algunos ejemplos:
* Si vas a meter a tu madre en una residencia de ancianos y no puedes saber si esa residencia ha sido sancionada con anterioridad, porque las administraciones públicas como norma general no dan nunca información de expedientes sancionadores a personas que no son parte activa en el proceso.
* Alguien puede poner en su currículo que es licenciado en Derecho y doctorado por la UCM y no hay forma legal de comprobar que esa formación sea real porque es el Estado quien imparte los títulos universitarios.
* La nueva Ley del Suelo decía que todos los concejales de España tienen que hacer una declaración de bienes y otra de ingresos cuando toman el cargo y renovarla cada año. Dicha declaración tiene que estar accesible al ciudadano que quiera consultarla. Esto se pensó así para evitar el enriquecimiento fraudulento. Pues bien. A pesar de que hace 4 años que esa ley está aprobada, ese mandato concreto no se cumple. Y nadie hace nada por que se cumpla.
* La mayoría de los delitos económicos prescribe a los cinco años. Una legislatura completa son cuatro. Si un cargo político consigue bloquear un año más la información de sus trapicheos, se puede dar casi por salvado porque, sin información, nadie habrá podido denunciarlo antes de que sus actividades delictivas hayan prescrito.
Por todo ello, la ausencia de este tipo de legislación favorece absolutamente la corrupción, dificulta enormemente la labor de denuncia de la misma, tanto a los ciudadanos en general, como a los medios de comunicación en particular, y fomenta el alejamiento entre la ciudadanía y las instituciones.
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