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After years of anecdotes, data provides a fuller picture of government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve.
Expensive, opaque and in duplicate. Why company contracts to help the COVID vaccine rollout are such a concern.
The new bill would open the gates for your data to freely exchange hands between any ‘accredited’ agency. The proposal is more arrogant than it is effective.
One more casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: open government. Since the crisis began, local, state and federal officials throughout the United States have locked down information from the public.
As the House mounts an impeachment investigation of President Trump, examples from Central and South America show that ousting an executive leader from office doesn’t always have the intended effect.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court judgment shows concern that the independence of the country’s prosecuting authority has been compromised.
The EPA intends to limit what scientific studies can inform policy – a change long sought by industry. A long-time public health researcher explains the single study at the root of the controversy.
An expert on secrecy in government explains the downsides and limits of transparency.
The party’s promise to be all things to all people has hit a wall.
Ousting an executive leader from office doesn’t always have the intended effect, as these examples from Central and South America show.
No democratic government should be able to manipulate the public by getting a sneak peek at the data.
Crime data reflect only what crimes are identified by the police – not all the crimes that occur. So decisions based on crime data are necessarily biased and incompletely informed.
Top contributors
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
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Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Policy Institute, King's College London
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Michigan State University
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Ph.D. Student in Communications, Columbia University
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Professor of Political Science and Economics, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus, Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
