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Indicator: 1
Measurements in/of Parties
Other Information:
Of course, you want to know where the money is going. That is what we're calling the "parties" category. ("Parties" sounds
kinda fun, don't it?)
| Type |
Actual |
Target |
| StartDate |
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2011-12-14 |
| EndDate |
2011-12-14 |
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| Machine-Readable Format |
D+ |
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| Description |
Right now, reporting on parties is dominated by the DUNS number. That's the Data Universal Numbering System, which provides
a unique identifier for each business entity. It was developed by Dun & Bradstreet in the 1960s. It's very nice to have a
distinct identifier for every entity doing business with the government, but it is not very nice to have the numbering system
be a proprietary one. Parties would grade well in terms of
machine-readability, which is one of the most important measures of but because it scores so low on availability,
its machine-readability is kind of moot. Until the government moves to an open identifier system for recipients of funds,
it will get weak grades on publication of this essential data.
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Knowing where the money is going. |
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