By Jorge Florez — November 23, 2015. Can citizens find and make use of the data they need to track the use of their taxes – to follow the money – in relation to particular issues? On October 24th and 25th, we gathered 10 teams of Mexican citizens interested in transparency and open government –…
By Alan Hudson — November 16, 2015. I spent last week in Rio de Janeiro (tough assignment, I know), participating in the Transparency and Accountability Initiative’s third T/A Learn Annual Workshop. As the report of the second Annual Workshop, held early in 2014 puts it, T/A Learn aims “to link those who want to deepen…
By Johannes Tonn — November 9, 2015. Today, we are excited to present the results of the second round of the State Integrity Investigation – a research project that compiles and assesses qualitative data on the state of transparency, accountability and anti-corruption mechanisms in all 50 US states. We conducted a first round of the project…
By Sun-Min Kim — November 4, 2015. Experiences on overcoming challenges in research and data collection How do organizations collect data in challenging environments and to what end? What difference does increasing public access to information make in restrictive contexts and what have we learned? There are countries where information is not only scarce, but…