Watchdogging and transparency
Technologies that seek to provide greater visibility to the activities of governments, corporations, or individuals in power and allow others to monitor them.
Suggested reading:
- Technology is not a quick fix solution for corruption, by Melissa Tsungai Zisengwe. She writes from a South African perspective but the takeaways are broadly applicable to the whole genre of anti-corruption tech. (2020)
- In The Future of Promise Tracking Jordan Urban and Adam Feldman, co-founders of govtracker.co.uk, explain what promise trackers are and how to build a meaningful one. (2018)
- Which Promises Actually Matter? Election Pledge Centrality and Promissory Representation is a published research paper that finds that simply evaluating elected officials on the fulfillment of every miscellaneous promise made while campaigning isn’t helpful, because voters weigh certain promises as more central to the campaign than others. The authors suggest weighting promise centrality when evaluating the campaign’s fidelity. By Jonathan Mellon, Christopher Prosser, Jordan Urban, and Adam Feldman. (2018)
- Jameela Raymond of Transparency International discusses the Impacts of anti-corruption pledge trackers at The Impacts of Civic Tech Conference. (2018)
Kildare Street
Parliamentary monitoring in Ireland
I Paid a Bribe
ipaidabribe.com is Janaagraha's unique initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens.
Social Scraper
Social Media Scraper is a tool helping journalists and watchdogs to keep politicians accountable for the statements they make in social media.
Parvaznama
By receiving, storing and analyzing flight data, the boards of the country's 17 airports and calculating flight delays help passengers make a data-driven choice
Obywatelskie Fedrowanie Danych
“FOIA Data Mining” is a FOIA service that enables watchdog organizations to organize volunteers in retyping and structuring responses to FOIA requests.
Hlídač státu
Watchdogging Czech Republic
Contratados
To help level the playing field, CDM created Contratados, a platform launched last week to let migrant workers share Yelp-style ratings and reviews of their experiences with different recruiters and e...
The Skeptic's Guide to Open Government
When you open government, what do you get in return? If you are asking this question, this guide is for you.
La Fabrique de la Loi
Explorez l'évolution de la loi au fil de la procédure parlementaire avec La Fabrique de la Loi ! Plus de 800 textes de loi promulgués depuis 2008 à explorer pour mieux comprendre comment les parlement...
Ma3louma
A tool created to publish FOIA requests in Tunisia, thus putting pressure on the authorities to respond in time and appropriately.
MapLight
MapLight is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that reveals the influence of money in politics, informs and empowers voters, and advances reforms that promote a more responsive democracy.
Information for the People: Tunisia Embraces Open Government, 2011–2016
To secure the necessary financial and technical resources to publish large quantities of data online in user-friendly formats
WhoAdvertisesOn
Toolkit for tracking advertisers on partisan news channels with sampling, data science, and open data.
Cuentas Claras en Elecciones
A page that allows candidates and parties to present election campaign finance information.
Harta corupției judeţene
Mouse over peste județe pentru informații detaliate.
Odekro
Odekro began as an open data initiative but it has grown into a national platform which promotes transparency and citizen participation. The site says it sets out to improve social mobilisation, citiz...
NYC Follow the Money campaign finance visualization
Building Maintenance Network Chart
傳真社將逾220個大廈翻新工程的入標資料製作成「樓宇維修工程關係圖」，使用者只需要輸入屋苑、顧問或工程公司名稱，便可以找到相關公司或工程的入標紀錄，有助了解公司口碑。
Questionnezvoselus.org
Find below the latest answers from elected officials who have agreed to be publicly questioned by their fellow citizens.
Contracts Transparency
Publishing contracts data as open data
Átlátszónet Foundation (Atlatszo)
Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet
Veza
The Veza online tool is an open data platform developed by Corruption Watch with the goal of improving transparency and accountability in the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Nos Députés
Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifi...
Publish What You Fund
Publish What You Fund is the global campaign for aid transparency. Our website outlines who we are, what we do and what you can do for aid transparency.
Garnahata Ukranian real estate database
ГарнаХата — база даних власників найдорожчої нерухомості України.
Penali.ro
Catalogul aleşilor penali. De consultat înainte să mergem la vot.
TheyWorkforYou
TheyWorkForYou is a website which makes it easy to keep track of your local MP's activities.
FragDenStaat
To strengthen the topic of freedom of information as a whole by transparently depicting the inquiry and response process.
Dozorro
Machine learning software that scans Ukrainian government procurement contracts for signs of corruption
Factcheck.org
A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center
Skaidrumo Linija
Platform for Lithuanian citizens to seek advise on reporting corruption or dealing with corruption, enhanced with an interactive map.
Marsad Budget
Marsad Budget is a continuation of Al Bawsala's work, which is based on monitoring the various institutions in charge of managing state affairs and the consecration of the principle of transparency an...
Open Courts Slovakia
Interactive platform which makes available and accessible information on judicial decrees, hearings and other selected documents, that were published on pages of the Ministry of Justice
Barcelona Pressupost Obert (Open Budget)
A tool created for citizens and all those people or organizations that may be interested, which aims to facilitate the analysis and understanding of the budgets of the City of Barcelona.
Full Fact
Full Fact is the UK's independent factchecking organisation
The Foilies
Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency
Open Gov Report Card
Grades how Chicago and Cook County government agencies share important meeting information like agendas, minutes and schedules with the public
OffeneRegister.de
Light into the darkness of the corporate network
Database of fact-checking groups around the world
The Reporters’ Lab maintains a database of global fact-checking sites.
Harta clientelismului politic
The map shows the transfers from the Government to the municipalities and county councils from the Reserve Fund (15%), Local Development National Program (65%) and other programs managed by the Minist...
StadtRat Monitor Leipzig
Politifact
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
Connected Development (CODE)
We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.
Mulika
Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.
Tenders Guru
Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.
Integrity Action
Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.
WebNabludatel
полезное и важное приложение для выборов
Sunshine Week
Across the country, Sunshine Week is marked by panel discussions, workshops and other events about using and understanding the latest developments in freedom of information resources.
Common Social Accountability Platform
The CSAP uses interactive radio shows (radio dialogues in combination with SMS feedback) to enable citizens to hold their leaders to account by asking the hard questions
Fundación Ciudadana Civio
Periodismo y acción para abrir lo público