The website refers to the tax office to apply for a password.
The Government yesterday launched the portal of transparency in compliance with the law passed a year ago, with which Spain ceased to be the only country in Europe without a standard to facilitate the access of citizens to public information. He did after Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero breach its program in 2004, in which it undertook to adopt a transparency law. However, the new portal, which only provides data from 2014, was born with limitations and obstacles to those already marked the rule itself.
At the exceptions already known-those that significantly impair issues such as national security, defense, foreign relations or economic interests or noncommercial joins the limitation of the format that does not allow work with the data as a spreadsheet, therefore can not reach an analysis. In the case of obstacles, difficulties are evident when trying to access the form to request data (located in the corner of the goal), for which it is required to have electronic ID or digital certificate or request a key through a system that during yesterday, did not work.
Sources Ministry of Relations with Parliament, which is the main driver of law and transparency portal, recognized “difficulties “to register and obtain the necessary key to make the data request. “It is normal to have problems when things start to work and then go by solving”, argued, ignoring the law, which provided for the launch of the portal, was approved a year ago.
” Everyone has the right of access to public information, “says Article 12 of the transparency law on one of the two axes of the standard: transparency reactive, which is one that is started when information is requested to Administrations. However, the right to access information that can be requested is limited to those with DNI and European citizens, as the portal.
It also says the law that application data “may occur by any means “that acknowledges the identity of the applicant, the information requested and a contact address,” preferably electronic, for communication purposes. ” This is not fulfilled, because the only way to claim information is through the website itself which does not include an email, a phone number or postal address to which they can direct citizens to submit applications. Sources of the Secretary of State said that all requests, even handwritten, to be issued in any office and the phone you can contact the citizen is the 060 will be collected.
All these obstacles collide with announcement of the General Council of the Judiciary which does not require any identification to access information because, according to consider, “is a fundamental right of universal primacy in guarantee transparency obligations of public authorities against any tax requirement the citizen requesting access “as he explained the governing body of judges in a statement.
Among the proactive information, data that can be accessed without problems after they have been grouped or first published on the portal, there are few changes: minor contracts, salaries of senior officials who are below the Secretaries of State, the agreements and the relationship of compensation claimed to have held office and that, in return for incompatible to work in other positions, are receiving compensation.
Although the Secretary of State for Institutional Relations, José Luis Ayllon, said more than 500,000 data records Portal , department sources were unable to indicate what percentage this is new information.
What can be found on page
The page will find more than half a million information the public interest. Including all types of grants or contracts, along with other documentation that was already public and now is centralized. Salaries are also included in gross senior management, CEO up. Among other documents may also be found, for example, a list of authorizations granted to officials who have gone to private enterprise.
What can not be found
Among the data that can not be found are those that detract issues such as national security, defense, foreign relations or economic or commercial interests among others.
Nor records detailing input and output of the ministries of Moncloa, a key to see who meets with political matter. The situation contrasts with that of Europe, where Miguel Angel Arias Cañete, to be commissioner of EU industry, has had to compromise to publish who meets every day. Nor data on information that has been very controversial in recent weeks will be known: Congress and Senate have not yet decided to spread all trips for members
Previous reports to prepare. laws and rulings or the decision to increase taxes remain likewise secrets.
In addition, the Board of Spokesmen of Congress is scheduled to decide at its meeting next Tuesday which route used to modify its Regulation and adapt to the disclosure requirements and access to information that fixes the Law of Transparency and Good Governance, a standard that was adopted just a year ago and came into force in full on Wednesday.
Practical guide
The new transparency portal is divided into three categories: institutional, regulatory and economic . It also allows to request additional information.
corporate information offers organizational structure with different agencies and state entities, functions, the outstanding relevant regulations, curricula of senior management plans and annual and multiannual programs that have been approved and, where appropriate, indicators, evaluation and compliance. Remain unknown agendas of ministers.
regulatory information allows access to relevant legal information and legal texts applicable ministries and agencies related or dependent but, as was known, still not published the previous reports used for drafting laws and opinions
Economic Information groups contracts, agreements, grants and public aid granted. It also contains documentation with data from budgetary nature, full compensation received annually by senior management and resolutions of support granted to public employees and authorizations for the year.
Request for information. In one corner of the goal is the link to request information not exposed anywhere. Access to the form is only possible with ID card or electronic certificate or through a complicated system of keys that the Government itself facilitates and yesterday did not work.
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