{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ManoSeimas/manoseimas.lt/issues/62","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ManoSeimas/manoseimas.lt/issues/62/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ManoSeimas/manoseimas.lt/issues/62/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ManoSeimas/manoseimas.lt/issues/62/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ManoSeimas/manoseimas.lt/issues/62","id":107714816,"number":62,"title":"Idea: Monitor influence of interest groups","user":{"login":"laureenas","id":4104268,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4104268?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas","html_url":"https://github.com/laureenas","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/laureenas/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ManoSeimas/manoseimas.lt/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-09-22T13:27:22Z","updated_at":"2015-09-25T10:43:21Z","closed_at":"2015-09-25T10:43:21Z","body":"The ideal is to monitor what groups of interests influence law-making process.\r\n\r\nIdentifying interest groups is not possible directly at the time of writing.  What we can do is to try to **infer interest holders** from publicly available data. We identify these interest holders: **lobbyists, customers of lobbyists, motion backers, parties providing documents for motions, legal or individual bodies that have a potentially to influence an MP**.\r\n\r\nLobbyists declare what motions they are attempting to influence to VTEK [1]. Lobbyists also indicate their customer who/that has presumably ordered an influence sometimes. Other times lobbyists do not indicate any customer. Thus, VTEK declarations create two **types of interest holders: lobbyists and customers of lobbyists**.\r\n\r\n[1] http://www.vtek.lt/index.php/deklaravimas#lobistams\r\n\r\n**Motions can be backed by individuals or legal bodies**. This is recorded as 'Teikėjai' under each motion. [2] Perhaps even 'Susiję dokumentai' for each motion could reveal more interest holders.\r\n\r\n[2] http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.forma_l\r\n\r\n\r\nInterest and income statements are available for MPs [3]. The interest statements allow to identify legal or individual **bodies that have a potential to influence an MP**. These legal or individual bodies can be considered for being interest holders. \r\n\r\n[3] http://www.vtek.lt/paieska/id001/paieska.php?dekl_jkodas=188605295&rasti=Surasti\r\n"}}