Public Officials Asset Disclosure: making public documents more open

BEFORE: Scanned PDF   In order to make public documents even more public, Declaraciones Juradas Abiertas, our Open statement of assets project, pushed borders of transparency once again. We believe that opening data is a huge change inside journalism, but we also believe that we must open our building process of the platform to complete… Seguir leyendo Public Officials Asset Disclosure: making public documents more open

How community and open source code drive LNData

The web, or more than that, digital media consumed from any platform, is the richest place to express any form of communication, to enrich any content or message and reach a large audience. Journalism has the greatest opportunity ever to access to all these formats and platforms, to produce and reuse the best quality content… Seguir leyendo How community and open source code drive LNData

Public officials salaries and assets for reporting and accountability

“Click to access to Statements of Assets integrated Tag” LA NACION decided to fight for transparency in public officials salaries and declaration of assets as we feel that even in a country without FOIA, journalism and citizens must know and share what they know about how politicians earn their money, and how they compare with others or with… Seguir leyendo Public officials salaries and assets for reporting and accountability

Open statements of assets from Argentina’s main public officials

In Argentina, where we don´t have an access to information law yet, LA NACION and other three NGO´s that work towards transparency (Poder Ciudadano, ACIJ and Fundación Directorio Legislativo) worked together to develop the first site concerning the heritage of public servants, making the information accessible to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection.… Seguir leyendo Open statements of assets from Argentina’s main public officials