America’s system for doling out transportation funding to states and localities is up for renewal. How will Congress change its transportation financing scheme– a bill well-known for its multi-layered web of earmarked funding? The Center for Public Integrity has been monitoring the bill’s reform and the close to 1800 lobbyists influencing the Hill’s decision. The…
DetailsEarlier this month, Global Integrity Reporter Nacho Gomez was recognized by the García-Márquez Foundation, a highly-respected Latin American journalism foundation. Nacho earned an award for his contribution to Colombian television station Uno Noticias‘ investigative report “An Almost Perfect Crime.” For the piece, he and his colleagues reevaluated the facts of a well-known political assassination, revealing…
DetailsA great little read just published by the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center is, “The anatomy of a failed anti-corruption project: A case study from Nepal”, prepared for U4 by Narayan Manandhar. Why do I like this particular “practice insight?” For once, we get an honest, unfiltered description of an anti-corruption effort gone wrong, not right.…
DetailsDisclosure: The World Bank is a funder of Global Integrity. The World Bank Group has published its most recent findings on the ease of doing business around the world. Doing Business 2010 shows the 2008-9 period of study to be a year of reform with legal reform up 20% from the previous round. Rwanda takes…
DetailsThe Supreme Court is opening session a few weeks early in order to hear an important case that pits freedom of speech against campaign financing regulations. The case is being broadcast live today starting at 11:30 am EST. The question placed before the court today is, in the name of freedom of speech, should interest…
DetailsOur friend Yongjin Chang of American University just started a blog touting the positive impact of whistleblowers. His blog, All About Whistleblowing, does an excellent job of herding relevant news stories, journal articles, metrics and academic studies all into one place. Check out Chang’s blog here. — Norah Mallaney and Global Integrity
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