a HÁLÓ

	a HÁLÓ exposes the connections between politicians, corporations and politicians and public funds attributed to them
Home page	http://ahalo.hu
Approach	A HÁLÓ is a database which make available to the public documents such as profiles of politicians, leaders but also procurement procedures, EU-funds and farm subsidies in order to analyse the backstage of political and economic decision-making and uncover possible corruption leads. mechanisms.
Phase	Beta version
Tags	Hungary, social network, viz, politics, ahalo, and politics
Partners	K-Monitor, TASZ, Transparency International, PetaByte, and Institut Français de Hongrie

Project Start Date	2010
Launch Date	2010
Most Recent Update	2015
Update Frequency	true
Thematic Focus	Politics
Issue addressed	Tracking corruption
Geographic Focus	Hungary

Experience

How does a user interact with and navigate the project?

Narrative	true
Query	true
Lists	true
Network Visualisation	true
Raw Data	true

Description

Summary of the project and its approach

	A Halo sheds light on networks of relationships between politicians, business people and the state funds they receive.
Approach (How?)	A HÁLÓ is a database which make available to the public documents such as profiles of politicians, leaders but also procurement procedures, EU-funds and farm subsidies in order to analyse the backstage of political and economic decision-making and uncover possible corruption leads. mechanisms.
Language	Hungarian
Commissioner	CEE Trust, Open Society Institute
Publisher	K-Monitor

Impact

Indicators of reach and impact of the project.

Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : Small Network Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 172 Online Rank : Google: 0 Alexa: 0 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 13/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 20/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Last updated : 19/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /

Technology

What tools and code were used to create the project?

Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : https://github.com/balintbb/hazaitop/ : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : : Data Standard : Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : Design Documentation : API Documentation :

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Team

Team size and expertise

Team Size : Medium Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : Some

Project Methodology

What strategies were in place for managing the project?

Project Methodology : Agile Open Source : true Open Data : true Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : No planning Sustainability Planning : No planning

Documented Practices

Documentation about project practices

Practices

How projects handle different aspects of data management

Data Modeling : Complex Ethical Collection : Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Graph Data Description : Basic Data Licensing : Open Ethical Publishing : Signed project Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : API