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Welcome

Sunday, 17 Feb 2013 Mathew 1

The Omnishambles of UID Shrouded in its RTI Opacity1. National Security, surveillance and right to

privacy: Gopal Krishna2. “The Thick of It” – Omnishambles: A Parallel

between the British comedy series of that name and UID: Mathew Thomas

3. Open house4. Conclusions recommendations and

resolutions


Today’s Overview - Omnishambles


Mismanagement – ab-intio• Concept – Card or

number? • Procedure – Who

& How• Policies -

Mysterious• Benefits –

Unknown


DUCKING RTI


ACCOUNTABILITY ABSENT


What is Accountability?


CAG’s views

CAG during ‘Money Life’ Foundation seminar:Accountability is obligation of those holding power for their behavior and actions.

Follow the link for video of his talk.Accountability includes all aspects of spending and policy-making.


RTI Act & Guidelines - 1

• Suo Moto disclosure• Maintenance and Computerisation of

Records: public authority should -- records are duly catalogued and indexed in such a manner and form that it may facilitate right to information.

• particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorisations granted by it;


RTI Act & Guidelines - 2

• information should be kept updated all the time.

• public authority should take into consideration the most effective method of communication (Replies in Kannada)

• Publication of Facts about Policies and Decisions

• Providing Reasons for Decisions


Familiarize yourself with Govt workMove on the learning curve


Know Who’s Who in Govt & your team

Lead Contact informationRam [email protected] 09884512345

Divya [email protected] +919123478901

Mary [email protected]

Dev [email protected]


Three Steps to Effective RTI

Proj

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On

Engage Parties, Govts & media

Publish, Reward, name & shame

Working Toward Enforcing Effective RTI

Monitor & Rate


Doing Your Best for RTI

• Working from home• Work in groups• Use Technology • Gather info


Case Study• NPR & UID – Sharing enrolments– Errors & frauds– Merging databases– The moral of the story


Discussion• What we can learn

from the case study• Take-aways


Summary

• Understand UID • Explain to all• Define your challenges– Technological as well as personal– Work out a plan to use RTI to pursue UIDAI / Govt

• Set realistic expectation– Fix a time target

• Keep your eye on the goal– STOP UID


QUESTIONS?


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