Aid Transparency Assessment launched
Publish What You Fund has developed an Aid Transparency Assessment. This is the first global assessment for aid transparency and we plan to produce more in the future.
Obama announces new U.S. Global Development Policy
In his Wednesday 22nd speech to the UN, President Obama announced a new U.S. Global Development Policy. The policy focuses on fostering economic growth and good governance, investment in innovation and research, placing emphasis on sustainable public sectors and the provision of basic services, and holding recipients of U.S. assistance accountable for achieving development results.
Obama and Berman on foreign aid reform
Yesterday, 23rd September, Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined President Obama in making foreign aid reform a priority in alleviation of poverty.
Rajiv Shah promises U.S. aid transparency
A conversation between David Lane, President and CEO of ONE, and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah on 16th September addressed the important issue of coordination in U.S. foreign assistance. Part of the Bureau of Public Affairs’ “Conversations with America” series, Lane and Shah discussed how best to manage the 26 U.S government agencies involved in development programs.
Watchdogs say Obama Administration’s transparency record mixed
The U.S. government has significantly reduced the backlog of Freedom of Information requests in the last year, but has been slow to act in other areas related to government secrecy, according to a new secrecy report card by The Sunlight Foundation yesterday, 8th September, launched Clearspending.com, a site analysing how well U.S. government agencies are reporting their spending data on USASpending.gov.Sunlight Foundation shows real levels of U.S. transparency