Good afternoon, Mr. Bass. Thank you for your presentation; I found it most interesting.
You listed the three major aspects: policy and leadership; technology and information; and the culture of transparency. Here, the indication is that we have neither leadership nor policy and, unfortunately, it seems that we have not yet developed a culture of transparency.
You also talked about the problems you had to deal with in terms of the Access to Information Act. As I understand the situation in your country, you are on the verge of having access to data online. That is where you are heading. But when you cannot get information online through the normal channels, you have to make use of your Access to Information Act. But there seems to be a major backlog with it. That being the case, how are you handling the problem? Your managers get performance incentives when they do their jobs well; but, when you don't get information, you realize that there are shortcomings with your Access to Information Act. How can you come to terms with that problem? I see a kind of contradiction.
You say that each agency determines the information it will disclose. Who in the agencies makes that decision?
You also talk about the quality of the data. Could you tell me more about the problems with that?
According to what you are telling us, public participation is key. You have entrepreneurs, private companies, non-governmental organizations like yours, the government, and the public. I would like to know how the American public communicates with the agencies to make the system better.
Those are some questions. I could ask more, but I only have seven minutes.