Written by Sven Hultberg Carlsson “Make your work available online.” It may seem a harmless demand, but in Russia it’s more than that. Such a request led to Alexey Navalny [2], a famed anti-establishment blogger and activist, scrutinizing public procurement contracts to expose shady practices by officials and private companies. Navalny’s project, RosPil [3] [ru], helped earn him the reputation of […]
ETT mafia mocks at Omar’s claims of Transparency, Accountability 51 ETT colleges go ‘missing’
Jammu, Nov 27: Adding on to the shame and embarrassment brought to the state by the shady Elementary Teacher Training( ETT) mafia, more than 51 such colleges have astoundingly ‘disappeared’ from the face of the earth. As per the notification (ETTC-Acad-Insp/2011-13)B/JD/2011 issued by the Board Of School Education, (BOSE) dated 23-11-2011 advertised in local dailies, […]
E-governance effective tool of transparency: Omar
Jammu, November 26 (Scoop News) –Describing e-governance an effective tool to ensure transparency in the functioning of government departments particularly concerned with construction, procurement and purchases, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Saturday put the Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) on e-tendering portal. The Chief Minister launched Rs. 700 lakh Magloor-Bakhtar Bridge over […]
Coalition failed to bring transparency, accountability in Govt: PDP
Jammu, November 07 (Scoop News)- Lambasting National Conference led coalition regime for its failure to bring transparency and accountability in the administration, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today observed that legalizing corruption and nepotism was the only noticeable achievement of the three year tenure of regime headed by Omar Abdullah. Addressing public meetings at Miran […]
Budget Deals Deep Cuts to Obama Administration’s Transparency Sites
By 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 shutdown in transparency. Lawmakers in both houses passed a six-month spending bill yesterday, dealing a deep cut [1] [PDF] to […]
Nigeria’s miracle: President Jonathan nomination comes with peace, transparency and stability
http://afripol.org/ A miracle happened in Nigeria on the day President Jonathan was nominated to be the flag bearer and presidential candidate for Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), the largest political party in Nigeria. The miracle that eluded many local experts and local media was not the election of President Jonathan per se, but the […]