Good-governance,work culture should be visible: Omar
Region: India
Srinagar, May 6 (Scoop News) –Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday reiterated his instructions to the administration for being quick to public needs and ensuring good-governance, transparency and work culture at all ... more
Views: 343E-governance effective tool of transparency: Omar
Region: IndiaJammu, November 26 (Scoop News) –Describing e-governance an effective tool to ensure transparency in the functioning of government departments particularly concerned with constructio... more
Views: 906OECD Questions Switzerland's Business Ownership Practices
Region: Switzerland
Switzerland's cloaking practices as a tax haven are well known, but there appear to be a couple of practices that the OECD still finds anathema to an open and transparent business environment. Both practices in themselves ... more
Views: 1270Budget Deals Deep Cuts to Obama Administration’s Transparency Sites
Region: United StatesBy Marian Wang , ProPublica Though the budget deal struck by lawmakers over the weekend averted a shutdown of the federal government, it still has open-government advocates worried about a shutdown of another sort: a sh... more
Views: 1449Wikileaks exposes degrading morality of highest democracies; archives carry long-term significance
Region: NepalImplications of governments’ reactions The 250,000 confidential American diplomatic cables prove that the US Administration depends on its belligerent mindset and similar policies to overrule the world. This is the ... more
Views: 1872The Onslaught on Swiss Banks
Region: Switzerland
Switzerland has lately been given the once over from a few countries for its history of a no questions asked safe vault for money from around the world. Rapped on the knuckles by the OECD, it has made attempts to cle... more
Views: 1570Interactive: Track Whether Agencies Are Following Through on President’s Transparency Orders
Region: United StatesOur new Transparency Tracker [1] It’s been one year since President Barack Obama issued memos [2] ordering more transparency in government. Despite a few smudges [3] over the past year, the administration’s ... more
Views: 915Recovery.gov Releases First Batch of Stimulus Reports
Region: District of Columbia
The federal government today released the first batch of reports [1] detailing how recipients are spending the stimulus money. The reports cover the nearly 9,000 federal stimulus contracts awarded by the end of last month,... more
Views: 1133In Citizen Journalism, Transparency Trumps Neutrality
Region: Taiwan
As citizen journalism evolves, both content and style are changing. Instead of aspiring to-- or feigning-- objectivity the new new journalists are emphasizing transparency. These citizen journalists are changing the... more
Views: 3188Palin Email Hacked on Wikileaks
Region: Alaska
Alaska Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin fell victim to Web hackers today as screenshots from her personal email account went public on wikileaks.org. A hacker group known as Annonymous claims responsib... more
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