Jammu, October 21 (Scoop News) –A particular opposition party in Jammu and Kashmir has no right to claim sanity since it is this party whose illogical stand over issues of governance has resulted in continued paralysis of two vital anti-corruption and pro-people institutions i.e. State Information Commission (SIC) and State Accountability Commission (SAC). Senior […]
Transparency for Human Rights
Freedom of opinion and expression, unfettered access to information and freedom of the media are perhaps some of the most efficient tools of combating human rights violations in a country where there is a “disturbingly high degree of violence directed against journalists." While Bangladesh boasted a relatively free press prior to the current CTG, the […]
Fake encounter incident -JK CM conveys concern, Army assures transparency
Srinagar, May 28(Scoop News) – Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed his concern to the Army authorities regarding the Machil incident. The Chief Minister conveyed his concerns to the GOC 15 Corps Lt. General N.C Marwah who called on him here today at the Chief Minister’s residence. […]
Nigeria’s sovereign wealth fund: Transparency and sound Management
www.afripol.org strategist@afripol.org Nigeria is making a bold but calculative move to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF). The President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has asked his economic team led by the newly appointed Minister of Finance Olusegun Aganga to make the requisite arrangements to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) as soon as possible. […]
Interactive: Track Whether Agencies Are Following Through on President’s Transparency Orders
Our 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 transparency record has been a marked improvement over the previous eight years. Just how much progress has been made? We’ve put together an […]
Obama Administration Refuses to Release Whole Contract for Transparency Site
The Smartronix contract. Nearly half of the pages in the technical proposal (outlined in red in the graphic above) are blacked out. (Dan Nguyen/ProPublica) The Obama administration has refused [1] , once and for all, to reveal the full details of its contract with Smartronix for a new version of Recovery.gov [2] , the […]
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