Public pages

How to unsubscribe to the e-bulletin

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:04:03 GMT

With every action related with bulletins (add News and Blogs and approve periods), Transparency portal will send an email, in every mail sent by the system, exist a link that can be used to unsubscribe to the bulletin.

Figure 16, unsubscribe to the bulletin

When the user clicks on the link, the system will display a message indicating that the operation has been successfully done.

How to change the default language

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:27:01 GMT

Click any of the flags located in the home page header

Figure 44, home page Flag section

The system will change all the labels and content language

Figure 45 language changed

How to view the terms of use

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:24:31 GMT

Click the “terms of use” link located in the bottom section in the home page

Figure 40, home page “terms of use” link

The system will display the terms of user for the portal.

Figure 41, terms of use page

How to view the Related Institutions

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:23:10 GMT

Click the “Relate Institutions” button in the home’s page main section

Figure 38, home page “related institution” link

The system will display all the information about all the institutions related with transparency

Figure 39, related institutions page

How to view the FAQs

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:22:03 GMT

Click the FAQs button in the home page main section

Figure 36, home page “FAQs”

The system will display all the information related with the Frequently Asked Questions

Figure 37, FAQs page

How to view the Glossary

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:20:41 GMT

In the home page main section click the “glossary” button

Figure 34, home page “Glossary” link

The system will display all the glossary information

Figure 35, Glossary page

How to view the expenditures

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:16:31 GMT

Click the button or link “Expenditures” located in the home page main section

Figure 26, home page “expenditures” links

The system will display the grand total for expenditures.

Select any of the groups already configured (budget and general ledger for instance).

To navigate in the government budget use the buttons located at the top of the grid (Ministry for example)

As in revenues, select any of the segment concept to navigate into the information.

How to view the revenues

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:12:56 GMT

Click the button or link “Revenues” located in the home page main section

Figure 21, home page “revenues” link

The system will display the grand total for revenues.

Figure 22, grand total page

To navigate in the government budget use the buttons located at the top of the grid (Ministry for example)

To navigate in another segment click on a button other than the current segment (“appropriation category” as an example)

How to view the Legislation section

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:11:26 GMT

Click the button “Legislation” located in the home page main section

Figure 19, home page “legislation” link

How to view the help information

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:09:32 GMT

Click the link located in the header

Figure 17, home page “help index” link

The system will display the help related information

Figure 18, help index page

How to subscribe to the e-bulletin

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:05:51 GMT

If any user wants to stay in touch with the latest information published in transparency portal, the portal can be subscribed to the transparency bulletin. To access that option the user should clicks the “subscribe to the bulletin” button.

Figure 14, home page “subscribe to the bulletin”

After click on the button, transparency portal will show a page asking for the email that the user want the information to be delivered and the language to receive it.

Is important to notice that the system will ask just for mandatory languages for the subscription.

Figure 15, subscribe to the bulletin page

After type the required information, the system will send an email asking for a confirmation. When the user confirms the subscription, any time that a period is approved, a News or Blog is created the user will receive a notification.

How to contact the Administrator

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:58:23 GMT

If the portal contains any wrong information or the user just want to stay in touch with the administrator(s), the user can do it with the “contact us” link, located in the portal header

Figure 12, home page “contact us” link

At the moment the user clicks the link, Transparency Portal will display a form asking the following information: Name, Email, Telephone number, Message and captcha value. All the fields that are preceded by a red asterisk (*) must be entered by the user, other values should be typed if the user wants to be contacted by the administrator.

The captcha value is used to verify that is a human being and not a program who is attaching the information.

Figure 13, contact us page

How to view the Site Map

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:53:04 GMT

The site map is a page that contains the physical structure of all the pages contained in the transparency portal. To see that information the transparency portal header contains the “Site Map” link.

Figure 8, home page “site map” link

Any time that the user clicks the link, the system will show a page containing the site structure, as can see in the following picture some of items listed are links, it means that user can link any of them and the system will display the related information.

Figure 9, Site map

How to view “About Transparency Portal?”

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:49:49 GMT

In the Transparency portal home page exists a link named “about Transparency Portal” located in:

The transparency portal header
The revenues and expenditures summaries

Figure 6, Home page with “about transparency Portal” link

When the user clicks any of those links the system will display detailed information about Transparency Portal.

Figure 7, about transparency portal page?

How to view the List of News

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:46:23 GMT

In the News articles section located in the homepage left section click the link named “see more News…”.

Figure 4, Search for more news

After click on the link, the system will displays a list of all the News published in the Transparency Portal, that list contains the published date and the title. If the user wants to see the detail needs to click the date or title link.

Figure 5, List of News

How to view a News

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:44:10 GMT

On the left panel located in the Transparency Portal home page, click any of the links that contains title and date.

Figure 2, News area in home page

At that moment the system will display a page containing the following information

News title
News date
News content
And creation date, the News date and the creation date can be different, it is because the news date refers to a newspaper, TV News, etc., and the creation date is the system date when the News was created.

Figure 3, News detail

How to use the Home page

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:40:56 GMT

In the Home page the user will have access to the most important information related with the transparency portal, it includes:

The latest News
The legislation section (or buttons)
Links to the most recent information to the government revenues and expenditures
Subscribe to the transparency bulletin
Related terms used in the portal
The Frequently Asked Questions link
All the institutions related with transparency.
A way to inform any issue or ask for information

Figure 1, home page

Target Audience

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:39:10 GMT

NGO’s
Press
Researchers
Any Internet user

Glossary

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:15:40 GMT

Term	Description
Actuals	Monetary value to date related to expenses or revenues
Allowance	Amount paid to employees as part of their salary package to pay out of pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the employer.
Budget	A list of all planned expenses and revenues.
Capital Reserves	The main idea behind a capital reserve fund is to set aside assets that are outside the usual operating budget, and can be used to offset expenses with projects that must be funded at least partially outside the operating budget. For example, a municipality may want to build a new city hall. If funds are not set aside in the budget to begin preparation for this activity, then the proceeds from a capital reserve may be withdrawn to manage the costs of preparing a tract of land for the new building.
Cash balance	An account balance that represents cash alone, as distinct from an account balance that includes money owed but as yet unpaid
Category	The classification of the government that contains the object in which the money is earned or spent.
Commitment	Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
Current Assets	A current asset is an asset which is expected to be sold or otherwise used up in the near future, usually within one year, or one operating cycle whichever is longer. Typical current assets include cash, cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventory, the portion of prepaid accounts which will be used within a year, and short-term investments.
Current Liabilities	A balance sheet item which equals the sum of all money owed by the government and due within one year. It is also called payables or current debt.
District	Timor-Leste administrative division. It's divided into thirteen administrative districts.
Expenditure	Cash disbursements and liabilities incurred for the cost of goods delivered or services rendered
Expense	Government spending
Fiscal period	The length of time for which the government summarizes and reports financial information
Fund source	The classification of the government that determines the origin of the earned and spent money
Government units	Government units are institutional units that carry out the functions of government as their primary activity. That is, they have legislative, judicial, or executive authority over other institutional units within a given area;they assume responsibility for the provision of goods and services to the community as a whole or to individual households on a nonmarket basis;they make transfer payments to redistribute income and wealth;and they finance their activities, directly or indirectly, mainly by means of taxes and other compulsory transfers from units in other sectors. All government units are members of the general government sector.
Ministry	A governmental department presided over by a minister
National Parliament	Is a legislative body. While all parliaments are legislatures, not all legislatures are parliaments.
Non Tax Revenue	Government income not due to taxation
Obligations	Obligations are amounts of orders placed, contracts awarded, services received, grants and subsidies payable, loan agreements, interagency agreements, and similar transactions corresponding to needs existing during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period and that comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Operational Expenses	Cash expenses paid by an organization in return for goods or services
Overtime	Work performed by an employee or worker in excess of a basic workday (typically 8 hours a day, 5 days a week) as defined by Government rules, job contract, statute, or union (collective) agreement.
Revenue	Governments acquire the resources to finance their expenditures through a number of different methods. This includes taxation, raising funds through the sale of their goods and services, and through borrowing.
Salary	Agreed-upon and regular payment for employment. A salary is commonly paid fortnightly or monthly.
Sub-Program	The classification of the government that determines the activities, programs and projects in which financial resources are spent or earned.
Tax Revenue	Government income from taxation
Transfers	Movement of funds from one account to another

Legislation

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:15:35 GMT

References

For more information you can:

Download the Public Financial Management Law #13/2009 from the Jornal da Republica site
The Petroleum Fund Law # 9/2005
Access the Budget Books from the Ministry of Finance site

Related Institutions

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:15:30 GMT

Name	Description	Internet address
Government of Timor-Leste	Official Site of Government of Timor-Leste	http://timor-leste.gov.tl/
Ministry of Finance	The Ministry of Finance, MoF for short, is the central body of the Government responsible for drafting, executing, coordinating and assessing the policies defined and approved by the Council of Ministers, for the areas of annual planning and monitoring, budget and finance.	http://www.mof.gov.tl/
Timor Leste eProcurement Portal	Timor-Leste eProcurement Portal is a website which lets you interactively view all open tenders, grouped by the type of business, and access and review all awarded tenders. The Government of Timor-Leste uses Timor-Leste eProcurement Portal to purchase and acquire goods, services and works. Any type of procurement process, including Tenders and Requests for Quotes, are published to the Portal.	http://www.eprocurement.gov.tl
Transparency International	Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption.	www.transparency.org

Help

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:15:25 GMT

Help

Copyright

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:15:20 GMT

Budget Transparency Portal is owned by the Government of Timor-Leste and is administrated through the Ministry of Finance.

The information published on the Budget Transparency portal is free for download for personal use only. You cannot sell any of the information downloaded, unless you have obtained prior written permission from the Government of Timor-Leste.

Terms of use

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:15:15 GMT

For the user's knowledge:

This site is considered by the Government as a public service and is also considered public information contained therein.

Any attempts to change information, upload information, or any other action that might damage or endanger the integrity of the system are strictly prohibited.

Disclaimer of liability

The portal of the Government of Timor-Leste aims to improve public access to information about public policies and the steps the Government of Timor-Leste.

The material contained on this site consists of general information that is not necessarily complete, accurate or updated.

It is sometimes linked to external sites over which the Government has no control and for which assumes no responsibility.

This portal cannot guarantee that a document available online exactly reproduces an officially adopted text. Therefore, only the version of documents published in the Official Gazette is considered authentic.

The purpose of this site to minimize disruption caused by technical errors. However some data or information contained on this website may have been created or structured in files or formats that are not error, with the consequence of not being able to ensure no interruption or no disruption of service because of such problems. The Government assumes no liability for such problems incurred as a result of using this site or any linked external sites.

Declaration on protection of copyright

The content of the portal is protected by copyright under existing laws and international conventions and may not be used outside the conditions of this Portal.

You can copy, import or use information or national symbols in this portal for personal or public use provided it has not unlawful aims, profit or offensive. The user should always refer to source of information.

Concerning the sites to which this portal is linked to be obtained the permission of the authors of that material or reference to the source as declarations of their copyright.

The copyright does not apply to speeches, statements, announcements made by members of government, although its author, date and circumstances should be mentioned for good information.

Privacy Statement

The information collected on visitors to the portal is not personal, so it ensures the confidentiality of the identity of the visitor.

However, the visitors always identify the users who commit unlawful acts within the Portal, violate their code of conduct, or when requested by judicial decision.

If the visitor sends a message to the portal, your address will not be recorded or disclosed, except as requested by court order.

Need to Register?

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:15:10 GMT

Public users don’t need user credentials.

Responsible Institution for administration of Transparency Portal is:

Ministry of Finance

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