Police Misconduct and Violence: Let the Data Talk August 4, 2021
Limited insight into police misconduct makes it difficult to improve policing, but a national registry could help
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Many Reports to Congress May Go Online December 23, 2019
Many of the hundreds or thousands of reports that are submitted to Congress by executive branch agencies each year may be published online pursuant to a provision in the new…
Read moreTransparency vs. Good Government November 18, 2019
It is usually taken for granted that transparency is a prerequisite to good government. The idea seems obvious. “Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government…
Read moreNARA Drives Govt Transition to All-Electronic Records August 19, 2019
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is embarking on an ambitious effort to phase out the acquisition of paper records by 2022 and to transition to all-electronic record…
Read morePentagon Pivots to More “Public Engagement” July 29, 2019
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, who took office last week, has directed senior military and civilian defense officials to “more actively engage with the public,” according to …
Read moreIntelligence Transparency– But For What? January 31, 2019
The new National Intelligence Strategy released last week by DNI Dan Coats affirms transparency as a value and as a strategic priority for U.S. intelligence. The…
Read moreNext HASC Chair Sees Need for Greater DoD Transparency November 13, 2018
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the likely chair of the House Armed Services Committee in the next Congress, told congressional colleagues that enhancing national security transparency is among his top…
Read moreReading DoD Reports to Congress June 4, 2018
The U.S. Department of Defense spent $11.3 billion on purchases abroad in 2015, including $1.6 billion worth of goods or services from the United Arab Emirates, according to a newly…
Read moreIntelligence Transparency to Build Trust: A Postscript April 5, 2018
Increasing transparency in intelligence may help to build public trust, as Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said last month. But not all acts of transparency are…
Read moreDNI Says Build Trust in Intelligence Through Transparency April 3, 2018
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats recently revised a 2012 Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) on “Civil Liberties and Privacy” to address transparency policy, and reissued it as …
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