Caring for My Neighborhood: A Platform for Public Oversight
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چکیده
Social participation is one of the strong claims that have been done about benefits derived from open government data, but to achieve this goal there are many social, technical and congnitive barriers to discuss. Regarding the specific example of budget transparency, despite there is data supply on governments portals, it is not understandable yet for a broader audience. In order to address this challenge we present in this paper Cuidando do Meu Bairro (Caring for My Neighborhood), a tool that was adopted in São Paulo city to promote citizen engagement and better visualization of public budget expenditures. From unstructured and semi structured information about public spending, some expenditures are geocoded and exhibited on the city map. The color code used in their pins reflects the real time spending status, which delivers budgetary content in a more accessible form to the public. We also discuss some challenges faced, the initial users demands and others ideas to discuss in our ongoing work, the Project Cuidando do Meu Bairro. A broader picture of this project is presented in order to give an idea of potential for linking government information about budget actions, budget amendments from the municipal legislative, and the citizen participation in the budgetary process.
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