Very little progress has been made in shoring up Bangladesh’s accountability and transparency institutions since Global Integrity’s last assessment of the country in 2008. An ombudsman agency focused on investigating a wide range of concerns, not simply taxes (as is currently the case), still needs to be set up and operationalized. Ongoing political meddling in the Anti-Corruption Commission, such as the forced resignation of its chair by the ruling party in 2009, undermines the agency’s ability to carry out its investigations. The judiciary continues to be ineffective largely because of extremely weak conflicts of interest regulations (although it is hoped that the recent gesture by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to publicly declare his assets will set a precedent for justices in the lower courts). The judiciary’s legitimacy is also undercut by political interference in its hiring practices, an example being the government’s quota initiative to appoint 101 justices and magistrates in the lower courts from the children of freedom fighters. The implementation of Bangladesh’s Right to Information Act 2009 has been slow, in part because of poor records, lack of public awareness, and weak capacity, leaving personal relationships with high-ranking officials the preferred modus operandi to accessing government information.