[Govt] Policy Announcements & Public Disclosure

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

Policy Announcements & Public Disclosure

In keeping with our goals of good governance and transparency, this Progressive government will be working to make information about the government more accessible to the people.  To this end, I have begun expanded the TalossaWiki page about the Seneschal's List.  This page has long served as the public list of government offices and office-holders, and now it will be expanded slightly to include important government policies.

Many decisions are made by the government, and only some of them are mandated by statute.  Until now, however, there was no place to see them really written down.  This is not the way things should work.  Instead, these policy decisions should be publicly available in some central space, for the sake of continuity and transparency.

This page will host these important decisions.  We'll want to avoid clutter, so not every little thing will be recorded here, but significant choices about which people might be interested.  A new template was imported to make this possible.  We'll also be flexible about implementing this if it becomes unwieldy.

Relatedly, we will also be adopting a policy of public disclosure.  When significant policies are changed, this will be announced.  This has often happened in the past, but now it's official and it will stay that way.

Please don't hesitate to ask any questions or offer suggestions.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

PUBLIC NOTICE
The Ministry of Immigration wishes to announce the adoption of the following policy:

No one's application will be discarded in secret. Any incomplete or defective application will be returned with an explanation, as required by law, and all others will be processed as soon as possible.

We have also begun a systematic review of applications dating back to the start of existing records, to determine if there have been any significant lapses or problems.  This will not and cannot result in any kind of sanctions, unless an existing law has been broken.  We hope to find nothing, and ensure that everyone's name is clear.

[Baron Alexandreu Davinescu]

PUBLIC NOTICE
The Prime Ministry wishes to announce the adoption of the following policy:

It is Government policy to maintain confidence with previous administrations whenever possible, to allow for free and honest discussions. We will not be disclosing the substance of Cabinet discussions unless it is absolutely necessary, and then every effort will be made to screen the identities of those involved.

Continuing the recent tradition, this Government will not discuss the internal deliberations of previous administrations.  If we did, then Talossan governments would simply decline to use the existing infrastructure, since it would offer no advantage and would only represent a risk.  This would mean that future governments would not benefit from the context around a past decision, and that the people would never find out what happens behind closed doors.  We salute former Seneschal Miestră Schivă for her wise decision to respect the need for full and frank deliberation, and we will adopt the same approach.

These and other policies will continue to be available on this page, and any significant changes will be accompanied by a public announcement.