Nonprofit organization Espacios Abiertos recently evaluated the government’s transparency portal prepared by contractor CGI Technologies, and concluded it falls short of complying with more than half of criteria set forth by Transparency International to avoid corruption in postdisaster recovery processes.
Specifically, Espacios Abiertos draws attention to: the need to provide details for subdivisions within municipalities; the need to include a detailed breakdown of projects as well as contracts; and the publication of historical data that allow a comparative analysis of progress, by area and project.
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