Transparency Policy

A connected patient is a healthier patient: learn more about our findings from eight health information initiatives commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/conn…

Building the infrastructure for reporting carbon emissions. wsj.com/articles/how-t…

A quarter of the U.S. workforce is now covered by state and local salary transparency laws aimed at reducing gender and racial pay inequities. nytimes.com/2023/06/20/bus… A Job With a Fair Salary? What Pay Transparency Laws Are Revealing.

The best proposal so far for regulating AI - start with effective disclosure. oreilly.com/content/you-ca…

To be effective, disclosure systems must improve over time. Here’s a good example of one that is improving in response to shareholder interests. wsj.com/articles/what-…

Maine leads the nation in requiring manufacturers to disclose PFAS chemicals, revealing supply chain issues. State Bans on Products With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Increase wsj.com/articles/state…

Pay transparency, a growing trend in the US and Europe, can have unintended consequences. economist.com/united-states/…

The GAO recommends standardized reporting of college financial aid packages. gao.gov/products/gao-2…

China, India, Argentina, the United States and other countries already have rules that allow gene editing of crops, and the European Commission and the UK Parliament are preparing to consider proposals.

characteristics. Traditional regulation of genetically modified crops has mainly been aimed, instead, at crops created by splicing genes from different species together.

The Financial Times reports on November 16, 2022 that drought and climate change are leading governments to ease restrictions on gene-edited crops. Gene editing splices genetic material from a single species of plant to improve drought tolerance, nutrition, yield or other

Best account so far of why recycling transparency doesn’t work. By Winston Choi-Schagrin and Hiroko Tabuchi in today’s New York Times. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Transparency for democracy - Required disclosures are not always accessible in practice. Here, a mammoth effort by data journalists reveals officials’ conflicts of interest. wsj.com/articles/gover…

Now nutritional labels for wine? Beer, wine and spirits labels might be overhauled as consumer groups seek more disclosure on nutrition and ingredients. wsj.com/articles/beer-…

Respected reporter on presidential health issues urges full disclosure by Congressional candidates. nytimes.com/2022/09/26/opi…

Good example of creating new transparency system from scattered public data. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

New battle lurking over proposed front of package nutritional labels. wsj.com/articles/nutri…

Transparency alert! New Federal Department of Transportation dashboard for airline benefits if flights canceled. wsj.com/articles/your-…

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Where is #OSHA? A shameful story of federal incompetence and corporate greed in the face of #COVID19 at my hometown #Greeley meatpacking plant. @DebbieBerkowitz @drdavidmichaels washingtonpost.com/national/he-fl…

Do you know whether your restaurant / grocery store / hair salon is COVID safe? We need a system so that you do, and so that you can protect you and your loved ones. @latimes ⁦@HarvardAsh⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…