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Web app listing ALL transactions between gov and private sector in Slovenia

64 points by andraz 15y ago

Anti-corruption office in Slovenia publishes a web app that lists _all_ transactions between governmental entities and private sector from 2002 till now. With a great user interface.<p>They got geeks to do it right. And now shit is starting to hit the fan.

time_child 15y ago
People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people... Great job!
middayc 15y ago
people are already scavenging over data and finding dubious and interesting(funny?) transaction info to give just two samples (on funny side) of how the data looks: police seems to be mostly buying meat http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/organ/17140/ http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/organ/17140/ they smoke huge amounts of tobacco in some retirenment homes http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/podj/31627528/ http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/podj/31627528/ Of course the real point is in exposing the corruption!
- Mavrik 15y ago
  Union, country's largest beer brewery gets most of their (public sourced) income from Ministry of Defense ;) http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=sl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=sl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsupervizor.kpk-rs.si%2Fpodj%2F43304699%2F&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&h...
Vrvy 15y ago
Awesome
arethuza 15y ago
What a great idea. Apart from things that have a desperate need for privacy (and there really shouldn't be that many of those) - shouldn't every single financial transaction of every single publicly funded organisation be open to scrutiny?
- mseebach 15y ago
  I agree in principle, but it has the downside of raising the transaction costs significantly. When you hire someone to do a job, you need to be able rely on their best judgment. If you're going to expect being held accountable for buying a pencil from your brothers stationary shop, this encourages rampant unproductive CMA. (Not that this isn't already a problem in government organisations).
- fcardinaux 15y ago
  There should be a web platform where people can check how transparent, efficient and independent publicly funded organizations are. This would be helpful in many ways.
middayc 15y ago
While most gov's are locking down on people it's nice to see one (ours) that does it's job in this one, but major instance. Do something to serve it's people better.
- babuskov 15y ago
  What would really be good if deals were published before any contract is signed. That would enable fair competition.
andraz 15y ago
Twitter stream of what people are finding in the data: http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/supervizor http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/supervizor
Zomb1 15y ago
This is great! If anyone has a link to a story done using this info please share. I really hope that Slovenians find a way to export this tool to other ex-YU republics. We really need it.
- babuskov 15y ago
  Well, we already have one in Serbia: http://portal.ujn.gov.rs/ http://portal.ujn.gov.rs/
  - Zomb1 15y ago
    Hm, I checked the website but only managed to find a list of ads for public procurement. Slovenian app shows the flow of money from each particular public office to each private company. I might be wrong though.
    - babuskov 15y ago
      Go to "search and review" and then to "public procurements". On that page you can either search the database or click on today's data on the right side of the screen.
natannikolic 15y ago
That should keep Slovenia off the Anonymous radar for a while :)
robsan 15y ago
We also have such a tool in Portugal for quite some time: http://www.base.gov.pt/_layouts/ccp/ajustedirecto/list.aspx http://www.base.gov.pt/_layouts/ccp/ajustedirecto/list.aspx A more user-friendly frontend also available at http://transparencia-pt.org/ http://transparencia-pt.org/

64 points by andraz 15y ago

time_child 15y ago

People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people... Great job!

middayc 15y ago

people are already scavenging over data and finding dubious and interesting(funny?) transaction info to give just two samples (on funny side) of how the data looks: police seems to be mostly buying meat http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/organ/17140/ http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/organ/17140/ they smoke huge amounts of tobacco in some retirenment homes http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/podj/31627528/ http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/podj/31627528/ Of course the real point is in exposing the corruption!

Mavrik 15y ago
Union, country's largest beer brewery gets most of their (public sourced) income from Ministry of Defense ;) http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=sl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=sl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsupervizor.kpk-rs.si%2Fpodj%2F43304699%2F&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&h...

Vrvy 15y ago

Awesome

arethuza 15y ago

What a great idea. Apart from things that have a desperate need for privacy (and there really shouldn't be that many of those) - shouldn't every single financial transaction of every single publicly funded organisation be open to scrutiny?

mseebach 15y ago
I agree in principle, but it has the downside of raising the transaction costs significantly. When you hire someone to do a job, you need to be able rely on their best judgment. If you're going to expect being held accountable for buying a pencil from your brothers stationary shop, this encourages rampant unproductive CMA. (Not that this isn't already a problem in government organisations).
fcardinaux 15y ago
There should be a web platform where people can check how transparent, efficient and independent publicly funded organizations are. This would be helpful in many ways.

middayc 15y ago

While most gov's are locking down on people it's nice to see one (ours) that does it's job in this one, but major instance. Do something to serve it's people better.

babuskov 15y ago
What would really be good if deals were published before any contract is signed. That would enable fair competition.

andraz 15y ago

Twitter stream of what people are finding in the data: http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/supervizor http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/supervizor

Zomb1 15y ago

This is great! If anyone has a link to a story done using this info please share. I really hope that Slovenians find a way to export this tool to other ex-YU republics. We really need it.

babuskov 15y ago
Well, we already have one in Serbia: http://portal.ujn.gov.rs/ http://portal.ujn.gov.rs/
- Zomb1 15y ago
  Hm, I checked the website but only managed to find a list of ads for public procurement. Slovenian app shows the flow of money from each particular public office to each private company. I might be wrong though.
  - babuskov 15y ago
    Go to "search and review" and then to "public procurements". On that page you can either search the database or click on today's data on the right side of the screen.

natannikolic 15y ago

That should keep Slovenia off the Anonymous radar for a while :)

robsan 15y ago

We also have such a tool in Portugal for quite some time: http://www.base.gov.pt/_layouts/ccp/ajustedirecto/list.aspx http://www.base.gov.pt/_layouts/ccp/ajustedirecto/list.aspx A more user-friendly frontend also available at http://transparencia-pt.org/ http://transparencia-pt.org/