[okfn-de] Fwd: Exciting PMO news items

Thu Jun 14 11:06:37 BST 2012

Es gibt nen schoenen Beitrag vom CCC:
http://ccc.de/de/updates/2012/transparenzgesetz .

Daniel

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Christian Pauschert
<pauschert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> nen Blogpost könnte ich schreiben. Kann aber sein, dass ich es erst morgen
> schaffe.
>
> Christian
>
>
> 2012/6/13 Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
>>
>> Hi Leute, das sind ja wirklich gute Nachrichten aus Hamburg! Finden sogar
>> international Beachtung (siehe unten) ...
>>
>> Hat vielleicht jemand Lust dazu einen Blogpost für OKF DE zu schreiben?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> > From: Gregor Hackmack
>> > Subject: Re: Exciting PMO news items
>> > Date: 13 June 2012 15:32:36 CEST
>> > To: pmo-network at googlegroups.com
>> > Reply-To: pmo-network at googlegroups.com
>> >
>> > Hi everyone.
>> >
>> > one thing to add from Hamburg
>> >
>> > Today (13.06.2012) the state parliament of Hamburg in Germany will pass
>> > the most far reaching transparency and open data legislation in the world.
>> > All treaties, studies, contruction permits and much more will have to be
>> > published by law in a central information register based on open data
>> > standards.
>> >
>> > http://www.transparenzgesetz.de/english/
>> >
>> > The vote starts at 16:15 (CET) - here is the LIVE STREAM:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_de.php?templ=akt_livestream.tpl&sub1=62&sub2=402&cont=1107
>> >
>> >
>> > Best greetings from Hamburg,
>> >
>> > Gregor
>> > ParliamentWatch
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Am 12.06.2012 03:39, schrieb Daniel Swislow:
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >> I have some more news to share from the past week or so, including
>> >> several success stories from PMO conference participants. Please reply
>> >> to this email and share your own news as well. I've heard some great
>> >> stories over the past couple of weeks from some of you in calls and
>> >> emails about the work you're doing around the world – it’s always
>> >> inspiring to hear about. Here are a few examples:
>> >>
>> >> *In Tunisia*, a coalition of open government organizations, OpenGovTN,
>> >> which counts PMO Al Bawsala among its core members, has announced that,
>> >> as of today, the Citizen Assembly should be publishing all committee
>> >> meeting minutes and reports, and plenary roll call lists on the
>> >> Assembly's official website. You can read more about OpenGovTN's
>> >> efforts
>> >> to unlock this information in this blog post from Nawaat
>> >>
>> >> <http://nawaat.org/portail/2012/06/07/constituent-assembly-duty-to-lead-the-way-in-transparency-and-governmental-accountability/>.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *In Serbia*,**a new website, otvoreniparlament.rs
>> >> <http://otvoreniparlament.rs>, was launched by the Open Parliament
>> >> initiative, which includes the Center for Research, Transparency and
>> >> Accountability (CRTA) among its leaders. The website will provide
>> >> Serbians with the transcripts of all parliamentary sessions. You can
>> >> read more about this in a press release from USAID
>> >>
>> >> <http://serbia.usaid.gov/upload/documents/press/2012/Press%20Release%20Open%20Parliament.pdf>.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *In Kyrgyzstan*, over the past month, the Coalition for Democracy and
>> >> Civil Society has won two major court cases against the Parliament of
>> >> Kyrgyzstan. The first, decided on May 11, will force Parliament to
>> >> provide detailed information about the voting behavior of MPs. The
>> >> second, decided last week on June 7, obliges Parliament to provide
>> >> information on the business trips of MPs.
>> >>
>> >> *In the United States*, an effort by a House Appropriations
>> >> subcommittee
>> >> that would have potentially stopped the release of bulk data downloads
>> >> used to run websites like GovTrack and supply data used by the Sunlight
>> >> Foundation, was beaten back by GovTrack, Sunlight, and many of their
>> >> supporters. In fact, they have achieved what Daniel Schuman of the
>> >> Sunlight Foundation calls a “milestone for legislative transparency.”
>> >>
>> >> <http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/06/06/major-transparency-milestone-in-bulk-access-statement/>
>> >> To understand the details of how a draft committee report nearly
>> >> reversed years of progress on transparency in the U.S., and how PMOs
>> >> helped turn this into a victory for parliamentary openness, see this
>> >> blog post by Josh Tauberer of GovTrack
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.govtrack.us/blog/2012/06/07/rep-crenshaw-backs-down-loses-control-over-bulk-data-issue/>.
>> >> If you need further confirmation, check out this article from the
>> >> Washington Post
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congressional-data-may-soon-be-easier-to-use-online/2012/06/08/gJQAdikBNV_story.html>.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *Bangladesh (TI Bangladesh): *TIB chief sees signs of instability
>> >> <http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=38100> (The
>> >> Daily Star)
>> >>
>> >> *Croatia (GONG): *Assessment of the New Government by Platform 112
>> >> <http://www.gong.hr/news.aspx?newsID=3851&pageID=2> (GONG)
>> >> *
>> >> Pakistan (PILDAT): *Budget Scrutiny: Parliament urged to give
>> >> committees
>> >> an effective role
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C06%5C05%5Cstory_5-6-2012_pg5_8>
>> >> (Daily Times)
>> >>
>> >> *India (PRS Legislative Research): *Manish Tiwari asks most questions
>> >> in
>> >> Parliament among Punjab MPs
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Patiala/Manish-Tiwari-asks-most-questions-in-Parliament-among-Punjab-MPs/SP-Article1-865767.aspx>
>> >> (Hindustan Times)
>> >> *
>> >> South Africa: *Parliament Looking to Expand Public Participation
>> >> <http://allafrica.com/stories/201205300124.html> (allAfrica)
>> >>
>> >> *
>> >> Egypt: *Two bills in Parliament compete to provide freedom of
>> >> information
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/two-bills-parliament-compete-provide-access-information>
>> >> (Egypt Independent)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *Europe: *EU decision-makers push for less transparency
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.access-info.org/en/european-union/255-eu-decision-makers-for-less-transparency>
>> >> (Access Info Europe)
>> >>
>> >> *International: *Why Open Data isn't enough
>> >> <http://blog.okfn.org/2012/05/28/why-open-data-isnt-enough/> (Open
>> >> Knowledge Foundation)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Until next week,
>> >> Dan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> *Daniel Swislow*
>> >> Program Assistant, Governance
>> >> National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
>> >> 455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor
>> >> Washington, DC 20001
>> >> Tel: 202.728.5620
>> >> dswislow at ndi.org <mailto:dswislow at ndi.org>
>> >>
>> >> Skype: dan.swislow
>> >> Twitter: @DanSwislow
>> >>
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Gregor Hackmack
>> >
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