Journalists on Shortcomings in Open Data | media.am

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Summary:

"Open data is gradually becoming more in demand in Armenia. Journalists, researchers, and NGOs are demanding transparency from the government. In 2011, the Armenian government joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and was required to open the data of several sectors, as well as improve the platforms where earlier open data was published. The OGP program plans to improve ethics.am, the electronic system of declarations of senior officials’ property, income, and affiliated persons. Hetq.am journalist Grisha Balasanyan often makes use of ethics.am and says that the site is very badly structured and old. “In particular, the search functions are weak and few. For example, it’s not possible to choose information or search using options other than first and last name or title. Or, to search for those who declare expensive property, shareholders, those who had transactions that year, those who received donations, loans or credit, and so on. In this regard, the work of journalists is rather difficult. We are forced to open the declarations one by one and check.”"

Link:

https://www.media.am/en/journalists-about-ogp-in-armenia

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Tags:

oa.new oa.armenia oa.government oa.psi oa.transparency oa.journals oa.data

Date tagged:

11/25/2017, 18:35

Date published:

11/25/2017, 13:35