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1. TRANSPARENCY FOR
CITIZENS: THE BRAZILIAN
EXPERIENCE OF
“TRANSPARENCY PORTAL”
2010 ICGFM Winter Conference
Washington, DC – December, 7th, 2010
Mário Vinícius Claussen Spinelli
Secretary of Corruption Prevention and Strategic
Information
2. What is CGU?
CGU is the acronym for
“Controladoria-Geral da União”
Brazilian Office of the Comptroller
General
3. Institutional Framework
CGU is the Internal Audit Unit
and
the Anti-Corruption Agency
of the Brazilian Federal
Government
4. CGU's Roles
- Internal Audit
Forwarding of the results of its audits to the
bodies responsible for enforcement of
applicable sanctions
- Disciplinary Actions
- Corruption Prevention
- Ombudsman
5. Simplified Organization Chart
Comptroller General
Executive Secretariat
Federal Corruption Disciplinary Office of the
Internal Prevention and Board Ombudsman
Strategic
Control
Information
Secretariat
Secretariat
6. Main Prevention Actions
• Increased Transparency
• Incentive to Social Control
• Management Strengthening
• Implementation of International Conventions
• Improved Legal Framework
• Studies and research on corruption
• Education for Ethics and Citizenship
7. Transparency
Right to Information is antecedent for:
- Fight against Corruption
- Public Management Strengthening
- Social control
- Social inclusion
8. Transparency
TRANSPARENCY AND THE RIGHT TO KNOW
It is beyond publicity, because it involves
two aspects:
- Delivery of understandable information
- Public access to official documents
9. Brazilian Transparency
Timeline
Transparency
Portal
Responsability Transparency
Fiscal Law Pages
2000 ... 2004 2005 2006
States and
Cities
Electronic Transparency
reverse Portals
auctions
(E-bidding)
Enhanced
E-Bidding
10. Brazilian transparency
Timeline
B accounts
disrupted Complementary International
Law nr. 131 Public Sector
Electronic Accounting
Paycard Punished Standards
enforced Companies Adoption
Listing
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
International
Information Financial
Agreements Acess Law Reporting
Control Proposal Standards
System Adoption (Listed
companies)
12. TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
Guidelines
Easy access – no password access requirement
“Citizen Language” (accessible information for
the people)
Simplified Navegation
Reliable and updated information
Social control tool
13. TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
Citizen Language
Technical Language:
Action number 8442 - Transfer of direct
income to Families in condition of Poverty
and extreme Poverty
Citizen Language:
Bolsa-Família (Family Grant)
14. TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
Content:
Content Source Updating
Direct federal expenditure SIAFI Daily / Monthly
Federal Government Payment Card Banco do Brasil Monthly
Transfer of resources SIAFI Daily / Monthly
Family Grant (Bolsa-Família) CEF Monthly
Revenues SIAFI Daily
Agreements (Convênios) SIAFI/SICONV Weekly
Register of Debarred Enterprises (CEIS) Various / DOU on demand
Public officials SIAPE Monthly
Soccer World Cup 2014 Various on demand
Rio Olympics Games 2016 Various on demand
15. Transparency Portal
in Big Numbers
Disclosed Amount BRL 7.5 Trillions USD 4.4 Trillions
Registered payments More than 1 Billion
Average Monthly Access
(until Oct'2010) 246,677
Push system subscribers 32,757
Visitors by Year
2,960,124
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000 1,704,284
1,443,610
1,500,000
1,000,000 646,701
285,968 377,078
500,000
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
(Estimate)
16. BRAZILIAN AWARDS
2 II Prêmio Nacional de
2 Prêmio TI & Governo
0 Desburocratização 0 Plano Editorial
0 Eletrônica 0 1ª. colocação na
6 1ª. colocação na 7 Categoria eDemocracia
Modalidade Governo-
Cidadão Federal
2 12º. Concurso de Inovação na 2 11º. Prêmio de Excelência
0 Gestão Pública 0 em Inovação na Gestão
0 5º. colocação na Categoria 0 Pública
Geral 1ª. colocação na
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17. INTERNACIONAL AWARDS
UNODC Award
2008
Important work on promotion of transparency on public
money spending
UNCAC States Parties Conference
Bali 2008
One of the five best practice in strategies for
transparency and fight on corruption in the world
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26. TRANSPARENCY PORTAL
Challenges and next steps:
Compliance with international standards :
• International Public Sector Accounting
Standards;
• XBRL;
• IMF Good Practices on Fiscal
Transparency Code;
• OECD Best Transparency Budget
Practices; and,
• Open Government;
27. Open Government Principles
1. Data Must Be Complete
2. Data Must Be Primary
3. Data Must Be Timely
4. Data Must Be Accessible
5. Data Must Be Machine processable
6. Access Must Be Non-Discriminatory
7. Data Formats Must Be Non-Proprietary
8. Data Must Be License-free
opengovdata.org
28. The Three Laws of Open
Government Data
1. If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it
doesn’t exist;
2. If it isn’t available in open and
machine readable format, it can’t
engage;
3. If a legal framework doesn ’t allow
it to be repurposed, it doesn ’t
empower
David Eaves
30. Complementary Law nr. 131/2009
Added new rules to the Responsability Fiscal
Law (Law nr. 101/2000) in order to Federal
Union, States and Municipalites publish to
Internet detailled information about budgetary
and financial execution in realtime
31. Complementary Law nr. 131/2009
Deadlines
- Federal Union, States, Federal District and
Municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants -
May/2010;
- Municipalities between 50,000 and 100,000
inhabitants - May/2011;
- Municipalities under 50,000 inhabitants. -
May/2013
32. Bill n. 5228/2009 Information Access
Law
Minimal obligations to publish on Internet:
– Organization competences and structure,
addresses, units' phone numbers and public
attendance hours;
– Financial resources transfers, expenditures,
procurement and contracts;
– Programs, actions, projects and workings
follow-ups; and
– FAQ.
34. THANK YOU!
Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General (CGU)
SECRETARIAT OF CORRUPTION PREVENTION AND STRATEGIC
INFORMATION SPCI
spci@cgu.gov.br- Phone: +55-61-2020-6822
WWW.CGU.GOV.BR