|Table A6: GO<br>**Category**|DI data categories covered in techni<br>**What we look at?**|cal survey<br>**Why we look at it?**|**Characteristics**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Budget|National government budget at a high<br>level. This is planned government<br>expenditure for the upcoming year, and<br>not the actual expenditure.To develop<br>this category the Index drew on work<br>fromOpen Spending.|Open budget data allows for<br>well-informed publics. It<br>showing what money is spent<br>on, how public funds develop<br>over time, and why certain<br>activities are funded. See<br>here a list of cases how<br>budget data has been used in<br>the past.|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Budget for each national<br>government department, ministry,<br>or agency<br>•<br>Descriptions for budget sections<br>•<br>Level of granularityBudget<br>separated into sub-department,<br>political program, or expenditure<br>type|
|Spending|Records of actual (past) national<br>government spending at a detailed<br>transactional level. Data must display<br>ongoing expenditure, including<br>transactions. A database of contracts<br>awarded or similar will not be<br>considered sufficient. Also, a database<br>only showing subsidies will not be<br>sufficient. To develop this category the<br>Index drew on work fromOpen<br>Spending.|Open spending data shows<br>whether public money is<br>efficiently and effectively<br>used. It helps to understand<br>spending patterns and to<br>display corruption, misuse,<br>and waste.|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Government office which had the<br>transaction<br>•<br>Date of transaction<br>•<br>Name of vendor<br>•<br>Nominal amount of individual<br>transactionLevel of granularity<br>•<br>Individual record of each<br>transaction|
|Procurement|All tenders and awards of the<br>national/federal government<br>aggregated by an office. It does not look<br>into procurement planning or other<br>procurement phases such as<br>implementation (i.e. actual money<br>transfers, which are part of our<br>spending category). To develop this<br>category the Index drew on work from<br>theOpen Contracting Partnership.|Open procurement data may<br>enable fairer competition<br>among companies, allow to<br>detect fraud, as well as<br>deliver better services for<br>governments and citizens.<br>Monitoring tenders helps<br>new groups to participate in<br>tenders and to increase<br>government compliance.|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>**Tender phase**<br>•<br>Tenders per government office<br>•<br>Tender name<br>•<br>Tender description<br>•<br>Tender status<br>**Award phase**<br>•<br>Awards per government office<br>•<br>Award title<br>•<br>Award description<br>•<br>Value of the award<br>•<br>Supplier's name|
|Election<br>results|This data category looks at results for<br>the latest national electoral contest.<br>Election data informs about voting<br>outcomes and voting process. What are<br>electoral majorities and minorities?<br>How many votes are registered, invalid,<br>or spoilt? The Index consulted the<br>National Democratic Institute (NDI) to<br>develop this data category, but did not<br>take their latest recommendation which<br>will be considered for the next edition.<br>For more information, see the<br>NDI’sOpen Elections Data Initiative.|To enable the highest level of<br>transparency, the Index<br>assesses polling station-level<br>data. Polling stations are the<br>locations at which voters cast<br>their vote. Having this data<br>allows for independent<br>scrutiny of each stage of the<br>voting and counting process.<br>It also helps electoral<br>stakeholders better target<br>their voter education and<br>mobilization efforts for the<br>next elections.|Following data must be online to qualify for<br>assessment:<br>•<br>Results for major national<br>electoral contests (such as general<br>elections)<br>•<br>Number of registered votes<br>•<br>Number of invalid votes<br>•<br>Number of spoiled votes (not<br>required, if a digital voting system<br>is assessed, that does not<br>recognize spoiled votes) Level of<br>granularity<br>•<br>Data available at polling station<br>level|

**Table A6 continued.**

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