The U.S. is on-course to meet many of its open government commitments, according to the latest civil society progress report on the Government’s National Action Plan. Specifically on foreign assistance transparency, the U.S. has made partial progress. In recent months, that progress seems to be accelerating. The report notes that “in order for the U.S. government to meet its […]
In the last few weeks the Foreign Assistance Dashboard added two new U.S. agencies to its list of publishers. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its aid information on May 28 and the State Department on June 1. Publish What You Fund welcomes this progress, but initial analysis raises some very basic quality issues. […]
Guest post by George Ingram, chair of our U.S. Advisory Committee & Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. There are two new agencies publishing information to the foreign assistance dashboard: the State Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This is good news. But the question remains: Is more data always better, and for whom? Is […]
Yesterday, the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network announced their new policy agenda, The Way Forward: A Reform Agenda for 2014 and Beyond. One of the pillars of the new policy is accountability and transparency. I was asked to discuss how the U.S. can best use IATI and the Foreign Assistance Dashboard to keep its transparency commitments. […]
Guest post by Laia Grino, Interaction. The Foreign Assistance Dashboard is about to go through a redesign process. Recognizing that it has a diverse audience with many different interests, the Dashboard team plans to consult a wide range of stakeholders, including in-country partners. For this, they deserve credit. The trick, however, will be not to fall prey […]
The European Council this week released a report about EU spending on development, which says that while member states continue to fall short of their 0.7% Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment, the EU remains collectively the biggest global donor in the world. The report, Council Conclusions on Annual Report 2014 to the European Council on EU Development Aid Targets, focuses on the quantity […]
