I wonder what information is “non-public”
I've never done this kind of reviewer type thing before -- so I just fired off a question to the leader type people about "non-public" information. Our non-disclosure agreement prohibits us from sharing non-public info. I get that -- these applications contain a lot of sensitive information that shouldn't get into the wild. But what about the reviewer process itself? I may have already strayed outside the lines by mentioning the "1000 resumes" thingy in the last post -- that statement came from the webinar presenter and, since they didn't mention anything about the webinar being "non-public" I just parroted it out to this blog.
I guess I'm really pondering two questions.
- Which info is non-public?
- Which info should be non-public?
My bias is towards transparency unless the information is truly confidential. But the Reviewer Guidance document has "not for public disclosure" across the top of every page so maybe I'm in violation of even mentioning that there is a reviewer guidance document, never mind the little bit of content that says that it's not public. I think it would be useful if the document could be segregated so that the purely process stuff could be public, and the sensitive stuff (like the criteria we're supposed to be using in our evaluations) curtained off in a narrower document. Throwing a really wide non-public blanket over our training and support materials a) makes us less transparent and b) makes us less effective because we can't talk amongst ourselves very easily.