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Posts Tagged ‘Transparency’
Annotated Budget Explanations (Forms 106)
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Here are some of the forms 106 which purportedly explain the line items in the budget. I have added some comments and highlighted some questions. There are 248 pages thus far and the file is 11MB, have fun.
Transparency International
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Transparency International seems like a good organization investigating corruption and working on transparency. Here are their definitions:
How do you define corruption?
Transparency International (TI) has chosen a clear and focused definition of the term: Corruption is operationally defined as the misuse of entrusted power for private gain. TI further differentiates between “according to rule” corruption and “against the rule” corruption. Facilitation payments, where a bribe is paid to receive preferential treatment for something that the bribe receiver is required to do by law, constitute the former. The latter, on the other hand, is a bribe paid to obtain services the bribe receiver is prohibited from providing.
What is “transparency”?
“Transparency” can be defined as a principle that allows those affected by administrative decisions, business transactions or charitable work to know not only the basic facts and figures but also the mechanisms and processes. It is the duty of civil servants, managers and trustees to act visibly, predictably and understandably.
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