[Mind's Eye] Re: Bringing citizens closer to the policymaking process and citizen monitoring of government.

Been a case here last week... his palatial house is confiscated and
turned into a school !

The proposed ombudsman bill has provision of confiscation of private
property. Which, of course, the parliamentarians and bureaucrats are
very averse to passing ! But they have no option with people awake to
what it is that they want in the bill.

On Sep 7, 11:58 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Criminal activity is extremely hard to start as the politicians which are
> the core of over the years I watched it deteriorate. but unfortunately the
> worst of it started with Reaganomics. where the foot hole was gained.  now
> you have take on the spin doctors of Washington and in Europe  but here they
> are not quite as bad yet.
> To change it would require laws to be pasted that would go against
> the interest of big money and then enforce them stringently..  and when
> attacking the problem it has to become where if you are found involved in
> illegal activities you lose everything and your immediate family, The idea
> is to prevent them from dispersing it else whee..   and it needs to include
> corporations..  if a corporation is found in illegal activities  the
> president vice presidents and the entire board of directors need to lose
> everything..   then  when the threat of lose of their personal wealth   you
> will see the change quite quickly..
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> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:32 AM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Some indication of how hard Vam's project is can be found at
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> >http://www.economics.jku.at/members/Schneider/files/publications/OrgC...
> > - though I think the amount of organised criminal money is much higher
> > than the near trillion dollars shown in this research.  Finance has
> > become a shell game with 50 shells played by a quintet of squid.
> > Balance sheets are now highly transparent but irrelevant to what goes
> > on in large companies and banks.  We have to make business transparent
> > and any accounting that prevents this criminal.  I suspect this would
> > collapse financial services and retailing.
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> > On Sep 6, 11:02 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Would I have been a cop for them Gabby!  Sadly, the murkier bit I did
> > > only made it more obvious I was on the wrong side.  Corruption is
> > > winning.
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> > > On Sep 6, 8:23 am, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > >http://transparency.org/
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> > > > Transparency International, the global civil society organisation
> > leading
> > > > the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful
> > worldwide
> > > > coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and
> > > > children around the world.
> > > > TI's mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.
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> > > > Transparency International challenges the inevitability of corruption,
> > and
> > > > offers hope to its victims. Since its founding in 1993, TI has played a
> > lead
> > > > role in improving the lives of millions around the world by building
> > > > momentum for the anti-corruption movement. TI raises awareness and
> > > > diminishes apathy and tolerance of corruption, and devises and
> > implements
> > > > practical actions to address it.
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> > > > Transparency International is a global network including more than 90
> > > > locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation. These
> > > > bodies fight corruption in the national arena in a number of ways. They
> > > > bring together relevant players from government, civil society,
> > business and
> > > > the media to promote transparency in elections, in public
> > administration, in
> > > > procurement and in business. TI's global network of chapters and
> > contacts
> > > > also use advocacy campaigns to lobby governments to implement
> > > > anti-corruption reforms.
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> > > > Politically non-partisan, TI does not undertake investigations of
> > alleged
> > > > corruption or expose individual cases, but at times will work in
> > coalition
> > > > with organisations that do.
>
> > > > TI has the skills, tools, experience, expertise and broad participation
> > to
> > > > fight corruption on the ground, as well as through global and regional
> > > > initiatives.
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> > > > Now in its second decade, Transparency International is maturing,
> > > > intensifying and diversifying its fight against corruption.
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> > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Technology for Transparency Network - Final Report : Global mapping
> > of
> > > > > technology for transparency and accountability.
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> > > > >http://bit.ly/qHPWXQ
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> > > > > - Bringing projects and interventions to scale.
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> > > > > - Bringing citizens closer to the policymaking process through new
> > and
> > > > > improved channels of participation as well as citizen monitoring of
> > > > > government.
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> > > > > - Identifying policy priorities and service delivery challenges
> > > > > through 'data mashing' and other visualisation and data manipulation
> > > > > techniques of both government and private datasets.
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> > > > > - Improving the efficiency of civil society organisations working in
> > > > > the transparency and accountability space through adoption of best
> > > > > practice technology platforms.
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> |_D Allan
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> May the flees of 1000 camels infect the crotch of who has ever ruined your
> day and may their arms be two short to scratch. Then you can have a good
> day.

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