The Transparency in Government Positions Act

[Ian Plätschisch]

WHEREAS Title D has many positions that nobody knows about, and

WHEREAS Title D also has many positions that people hold for several years after they stop being active because no one knows to fire them, and

WHEREAS That is a shame because some of these positions might be of interest to citizens new and old


THEREFORE a new Lex.D.1.5, which reads:

The Seneschal shall maintain a public list of all of the positions described in Titles C and D of el Lexhatx along with any subordinate positions that might be created. The list shall include the incumbent of any filled position as well as indicate vacant positions. When the list is updated, the old version shall be publicly archived along with the dates for which it was effective.

Ureu q'estadra så:
Ian Plätschisch (Seneschal)

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Definitely should not be a law. Just do it if you want to do it.

[Ian Plätschisch]

Oct 5, 2018 20:15:55 GMT -6 Sir Alexandreu Davinescu said:

Definitely should not be a law. Just do it if you want to do it.

The problem is that I want to do it, but I don't know that future governments will be as enthusiastic.

[Ian Plätschisch]

I guess you are right that it doesn't need to be a chart though

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

Oct 5, 2018 20:20:57 GMT -6 Ian Plätschisch said:

Oct 5, 2018 20:15:55 GMT -6 Sir Alexandreu Davinescu said:

Definitely should not be a law. Just do it if you want to do it.

The problem is that I want to do it, but I don't know that future governments will be as enthusiastic.

That's a matter for elections to decide.

[Ian Plätschisch]

Elections also decide who gets to write bills for the governance of Talossa going forward.

It seems like you could make this same argument in favor of repealing the required activity reports. Would you be in favor of doing that?

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

I think that the activity reports are extremely useful most especially when the government does not want to do them, and necessary for transparency. With all due respect, I am not sure an organizational chart rises to the same level. It seems more like a particular quirk of management preference than anything else. really, it seems more like the sort of thing that could be best done on a simple wiki page by anyone who is interested. The family tree templates used on Wikipedia would be easily adapted to the purpose.

[Ian Plätschisch]

Oct 6, 2018 11:29:40 GMT -6 Sir Alexandreu Davinescu said:

I think that the activity reports are extremely useful most especially when the government does not want to do them, and necessary for transparency. With all due respect, I am not sure an organizational chart rises to the same level. It seems more like a particular quirk of management preference than anything else. really, it seems more like the sort of thing that could be best done on a simple wiki page by anyone who is interested. The family tree templates used on Wikipedia would be easily adapted to the purpose.

If you will see I modified the bill so that a chart is no longer required.

I agree that activity reports are very important, but I would also say that such a list is important too, especially when the government does not want to make it.

It could definitely be maintained on the wiki, this bill just ensures that it is.

[Sir Alexandreu Davinescu]

If I am understanding this right, then this essentially would just be a list of all people employed in the government? As well as their bureau? Okay, that seems like a reasonable requirement, especially if the manner in which is presented is not specified. With that change, I'm on board. Thanks!