Guest post by Abby Paulson- Open the Government The Obama administration publicly declared a dedication to open government early on with a pledge to become the most transparent in history and later co-founding the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The OGP requires participating countries to create National Action Plans including concrete commitments to improve government openness. […]
In response to the US Federal Register consultation for implementing the DATA Act, Publish What You Fund and the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) have submitted a document, with the four key points as follows: Agencies like USAID and the State Department should use their IATI files to comply with the requirements of the DATA […]
If you follow U.S. politics or even if you’ve managed to stay away from it, you may have heard the word “midterm” a lot in the last few weeks. It was big news from the West to the East coast, for Republicans and for Democrats and for the winners and losers. We at Publish What […]
Last week, I attended the launch of Publish What You Fund’s 2014 Aid Transparency Index (ATI) at the Center for Global Development here in Washington, DC. During the event, one thing became clear to me: aid agencies around the world are hearing the drumbeat of the global aid transparency movement—and they’re beginning to respond. While a […]
Last week, I spoke at the USAID Frontiers Forum, explaining how aid transparency can help eradicate poverty by 2030. Right after me, in another (albeit larger) room, Secretary Kerry told a packed audience about the importance of transparency and open data. As far as we at Publish What You Fund are concerned, the more people […]
[This event has already occurred – watch below] Keynote Speaker Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nigerian Minister of Finance Panelists Ambassador Deborah Birx Global AIDS Coordinator Haoliang Xu United Nations Assistant Secretary General & UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Dalitso Kubalasa Executive Director, Malawi Economic Justice Network Rachel Rank Director, Publish What You Fund […]
