Description

Information about publicly owned companies and public private partnerships is many times hidden in PDFs published by government bodies, city councils or other public sources, making it difficult for investigative journalists to search for them in a single place. However, there are many known cases of state-owned or partially state-owned companies being involved in scandals and shady business. State-O aims to shed light on stated-owned enterprises and offers information in a simple searchable database. The goal is to build a company database of state-owned enterprises all over Europe to be used by investigative journalists. In the first draft, State-O uses information on companies controlled directly or indirectly by the German and Austrian federal government, published in PDF format. Other sources from European state Governments, regional Governments and city councils can be added in the future. More features to be included in the future: CSV export, upload your own data.