Speaking at the Open Government Partnership yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reaffirmed the United States intention to join the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), generally praising the open government initiative. Clinton spoke about the role of technology as one of the keys to open government and to increasing citizens’ engagement with their leaders. She added that […]
On March 22, Transparency International-USA honoured Secretary Clinton with the prestigious TI-USA Integrity Award which recognises transparency and integrity efforts around the globe. In Secretary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department, she has become a champion for transparency by making corruption a focal point of U.S. foreign policy — shedding light on the damaging effects […]
On February 9, U.S. President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the President’s Global Development Council. The Council will be overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and is envisaged to be a group of 12 individuals from outside of government along with high-level officials, who will; “provide advice to the President and […]
The Pilot Aid Transparency Index 2011 was presented at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. on 19 January 2012, with guest speakers including Raj Shah, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. The event came just a month after Secretary Clinton’s announcement that the U.S. had joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative at […]
The U.S. decision to sign up to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), signals a very welcome increase in their commitment to open, coordinated and transparent aid, said campaign group Publish What You Fund today. The announcement was made by the Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, at the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness […]
Aid donors make progress on transparency as key summit opens Aid donors have made significant progress on increasing the transparency of their spending ahead of a key summit on aid effectiveness taking place in Busan, South Korea said campaigners today. On the eve of the High Level Forum, Canada, the Inter-American Development Bank and the […]
