Congratulations to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for publishing its aid data to the Foreign Assistance Dashboard today, almost a year on from the launch. We applaud MCC for being the first U.S. agency to publish their “spent” data. Similarly, within the Publish What You Fund 2011 Pilot Aid Transparency Index, MCC was the only U.S. agency to publish […]
Yesterday, 13 October, Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) and 30 co-sponsors from both parties introduced The Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 (H.R. 3159) to ensure U.S. foreign assistance is more transparent, accountable and effective. In a statement of support Rev. David Beckmann, President of Bread for the World, said “Even if we only […]
The campaign group Publish What You Fund today welcomed the launch of a new initiative to encourage governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and strengthen governance. The Open Government Partnership, which launches today in New York, is overseen by eight governments and nine civil society organizations. Forty-six governments have so far agreed to […]
Publish What You Fund welcomes the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) Ranking Member Howard Berman (D-CA) and his staff on the proposed Global Partnerships Act of 2011. The Global Partnerships Act of 2011 is a discussion draft of a bill to replace the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, which serves as the foundation for […]
Publish What You Fund Director, Karin Christiansen, today submitted a response to the UK newspaper The Guardian’s 29 July article “US foreign aid ‘needs greater coherence’, report says”: Having just got back from a trip to the US where we met different officials from the many different aid agencies, I couldn’t agree more with the […]
Ten organisations, including Publish What You Fund, have this week praised US congressional and administration efforts to improve federal financial transparency. In a letter sent on June 21st, the organisations state that the recently introduced Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2011 (or DATA Act), and President Obama’s June 13, 2011, Executive Order would transform […]
