1. PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VISUALIZATION:
PAVING THE WAY TOWARDS
LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY AND
EMPOWERED CITIZENS
Aspasia Papaloi, Doctoral Researcher
Digital Media for Participation Research Group
Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication,
Education and the Mass Media
University of Athens, Greece
apapaloi@media.uoa.gr
Dimitris Gouscos, Assistant Professor
Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication,
Education and the Mass Media
University of Athens, Greece
gouscos@media.uoa.gr
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2. TRANSPARENCY & EMPOWERMENT
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3. TRANSPARENCY &VISUALIZATION
• Information quality vs. information quantity
• Inclusion via information access
• Clarity of information
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4. A FEW EXAMPLES…
AUSTRIAN
PARLIAMENT
Image retrieved from:
http://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/PDF/
Weg_der_Bundesgesetzgebung.pdf
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5. SERBIAN
PARLIAMENT
Image retrieved from:
http://www.parlament.gov.rs/acts/
birth-of-a-law/birth-of-a-law-map.
643.html
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6. INFORMATION VISUALIZATION (IV)
• Dynamic facilitation of legislative process
• Intermediary between information provision and
knowledge
• Communication, interaction and collaboration
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7. IV, ACCESSIBILITY & USABILITY
• Accessibility standards:
Equal access and right to information, design issues
• Usability standards:
Quality, efficiency and
effectiveness of user experience and satisfaction
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8. PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VISUALIZATION
(PIV)
Partial graph of the
Legislative Ontology (LO)
Integrated Parliamentary
Management System-
Asamblea de Madrid
Image retrieved from: Costilla, C., Palacios, J.
P., Cremades, J & Vila, J. (2005).e-Government: A
Legislative Ontology for the ‘SIAP’ Parliamentary
Management System.
http://sinbad.dit.upm.es/docencia/master/
curso1011/eGov%20Paper%20SpringerVerlang.pdf
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9. LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY & ITS INTERRELATIONS
Openness
• Inclusion, ATI
• Completeness
• Originality
• Attractiveness
• Ease at
comprehension
• Ability of
contributions/
modifications
• Highlight important
and informative
patterns
• New insights'
generation
• Evolving of discussion
• Kind of information
that facilitates/
structures interaction
Transparency
• Equal access and
opportunity to
information (FOI,
RTI)
• Usefulness of
information
• Reliability of
information
• Impact of
information
• Clarity of
information
• Directedness of
information
• Flexibility of
information
• Facilitation of insight
• Modifiability of
information
• Structure or
facilitation of
interaction
Transparency
indicators
• Degree of their
implementation
• Useful...not useful
• Reliable...Unreliable
• Positive...negative
impact
• Clear...opaque
• Flexible...rigid
• Direct...indirect
• Modifiable...not
modifiable
Empowerment
• Trust
• Quality
• Efficiency
• Effectiveness
• Satisfaction
• Support
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10. OPENING PARLIAMENTARY DATA VIA PIV:
THE WAY TOWARDS LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY?
Regulatory factors:
• Interested parties and stakeholders
• Policies
• Lack of time, financial resources,
competent administrative personnel
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11. CONCLUDING…
• PIV feasibility vs.
legislative transparency and citizen empowerment
• Further research work
Ø Overview of Parliamentary Informatics initiatives
Ø Classification according to geography and type of institutions
Ø Evaluation of scope and success
Ø Best practices on PIV
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12. For further information regarding our research you are invited to visit the:
Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication,
Education and the Mass Media, University of Athens
http://www.media.uoa.gr/ntlab
Digital Media for Participation Research Group, UoA, NTLab
http://www.media.uoa.gr/~gouscos/digitalmedia4participation
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