By Nathaniel Heller — March 31, 2014. Anyone foolish enough to follow me on Twitter knows this has been a crazy few weeks breaking down and moving the inaugural OpenGov Hub from its founding location behind the World Bank to a new, 50% larger, custom-built location just north of McPherson Square in downtown Washington, DC.…
By Nathaniel Heller — March 31, 2014. I’m thrilled to be able to publicly celebrate the arrival of Alan Hudson to Global Integrity as Managing Director for Policy and Engagement. Readers of this blog will know we’ve been on the hunt for some time for a top-notch policy person to better frame Global Integrity’s…
By Eduardo Bohórquez and Rafael García — March 27, 2014. Welcome to Mexico City. Grab your rental car and hit the road to start your two-week road trip. The itinerary suggested by Lonely Planet is amazing: 10 cities in 15 days. Each one of them is no more than a 4-hours drive from the other. What you…
By Nathaniel Heller — March 27, 2014. “What?!” is probably most readers’ reaction to that headline. Of course we know that money in politics transparency is a big problem. Tell us something new. What worries me is that we say it’s a problem, but in practice very few people and organizations are working hard to…
By Nathaniel Heller — March 19, 2014. The always-thoughtful Matin Tisne raises some important questions and ideas about ways in which the Open Government Partnership (OGP), and open government evangelists generally (this author included), can better appeal to and work with private sector actors. I too have been wrestling with the same question as of…
Global Integrity will offer a scholarship for an African journalist (based in Africa) to attend the international investigative journalism conference Holding Power to Account from 13-15 June 2014 in Winnipeg, Canada. The conference is organized by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the University of Winnipeg. The scholarship will cover the flight from the reporter’s home country…
