Transparency

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Transparency”

• State oil and gas chief: Battlement Mesa drilling health study not pressing

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 676
  The head of the state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling in Colorado says it’s too early to commit to a baseline health study in a Western Slope community wary of plans to site up to 200 natural gas wells near homes and on its municipal golf course. Members of Battlement Concerned Citizens (BCC) want a ...
  6 hours ago

• Support Paul-Grayson AND H.R. 1207

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 588
  D o w n s i z e r – D i s p a t c h Rep. Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act is making progress . . . * The House version of the bill (H.R. 1207) has 313 co-sponsors * The Senate  version (H.R. 604) has 30 co-sponsors And last week, Ron Paul along with Rep. Alan Grayson introduced a version of ...
  7 hours ago

• Why not open flu data?

  
  eaves.ca — Authority: 488
  On Monday, Nov. 23 the Globe ran this piece I wrote as a Special to The Globe and Mail. Im cross-posting it back here for those who may have missed it. Hope you enjoy! A n interesting thread keeps popping up in The Globes reporting on H1N1. As you examine the efforts of the federal and provincial governments ...
  7 hours ago

• Goochland opens the checkbook

  
  Tertium Quids — Authority: 569
  A few months ago, in a move to increase transparency, the Goochland Board of Supervisors voted to put the check register online. Todays editorial in the Times-Dispatch commends the county and asks the all important question:If Goochland can do it, why cant all? The county and school check registers are online here. As ...
  8 hours ago

• How Transparent is Your Turkey?

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 607
  When you’re standing in the aisle of the supermarket, trying to decide between this and that brand of fried onions for your famous green bean casserole for the Thanksgiving feast, wouldn’t you like to know—without a lot of bother–all that the government knows about it? Such as whether that brand has been ...
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• State Level Data Opening Up

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 607
  This is from US Deputy CIO for Open Government Beth Noveck : Inspired by the President’s call for more open government, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched its data catalogue , following in the footsteps of Washington, DC , San Francisco , New York , and elsewhere around the country (as well as cities ...
  1 day ago

• They Blinded Us With Science: Alex Berezow on the Not-So-New “Science Presidency”

  
  The Beacon — Authority: 616
  [One of my fellow bloggers at NASblog.org , Alex Berezow, posted a lengthy post on how the Obama Left is just a change in fashion when it comes to science policy: "Right-wing anti-science policies are out; left-wing anti-science policies are in," Berezow writes. Read the abridged version of his post below.] Alex ...
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• Is The SEC Intercepting Your Instant Messages?

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  In the aftermath of Galleon, the SEC is aggressively ramping up its enforcement techniques, and while we all know that the regulators, in "joint venture" with the Justice Department, are likely eavesdropping on every single telephonic conversation originating or terminating in a financial firm, it is likely that Mary ...
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• Now & Then

  
  LYNN and HORST — Authority: 131
  Above Raf Simons 2010 Below Rocco Barroco 1996 Twin eroticism in transparent snake shirts. Undeniable similarities from 1996 to 2010. Looking back, looking forward. /HORST
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• Get the Bar Councils view on the Bukit Antrabangsa matter...

  
  CHARLES HECTOR — Authority: 131
  It maybe better for the Selangor Government to seek the opinion of the Bar Council on this matter, as it will be better. Selected law firms are good ....but alas, we do not want accusations later on that you selected law firms that may be inclined to provide a justification of Selangor governments real position, ...
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• Trust, Transparency and Ethical Conduct

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 529
  When it comes to issues of trust, transparency, and ethical conduct, the question for UJA-Federation of New York has never been “Have we done enough?” Instead, they push to answer tougher questions: What more can we do to raise the standard? How can we be more transparent? What measures do we need to take to avoid ...
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• Al Ain will soon become a Google town

  
  USA2UAE.COM — Authority: 113
  The oasis city has reached a deal with the US-based company to provide a host of online services to connect with residents and manage its internal operations. Residents will be able to check information on new developments on Google maps, have city documents translated to another language and, possibly, have a direct ...
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• Who’s buying up all the sellers, especially at the end of the day every day?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 155
  It still has us all scratching our heads. Even traders brace for the last 5 minute push up these days. And is there any chance the government is somehow subsidizing someone? Conspiracy theories abound mainly because the government and the Federal Reserve has lost all semblance of honesty, transparency, and forthright ...
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• PIMCOs Total Return Fund Sells Over $80 Billion Of Mortgage Securities To US Taxpayers Year-To-Date

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  Bill Gross PIMCO is selling mortgage securities like there is no tomorrow. In October, the Newport Beach firms Total Return Fund held the lowest amount of mortgages in recent (or distant) history: at 16% of the total $193 billion in fund total net assets, securities backed by the housing bubble (v1 and/or v2) ...
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• Financial Wizards or Fools

  
  joerobertson.com — Authority: 123
  How well do the “financial wizards” fair when confronted by Dr. Paul? Not so well at CNBC as he exposes their 20 years of flawed  “Greenspan-Programming” (good guy Rick Santelli exempted)…Watch as Ron Paul answers questions and then the brilliant market wizards ask questions that attempt to distort the ...
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• Interview with Sonya Maldar, Extractive Industries Policy Officer for CAFOD

  
  Fair Trade Jewelry — Authority: 406
  Introduction: Sonya Maldar of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) discusses CAFOD’s recent campaign, focusing on the retail jewellers and the challenge eliminating dirty gold from the jewelry supply chain. By Greg Valerio(Greg Valerio is a fair trade jewellery campaigner. He is the founder of CRED ...
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• Lawmaker Investments and Disclosure Part II

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 607
  Following up on the previous post , I took a look at the Baird bill ( H.R. 682 ) to require disclosure of political intelligence firms and consultants and to require increased disclosure of lawmaker investments in stocks and futures. There is really only one major point in the registration and disclosure required for ...
  2 days ago

• Houston Mayor Bill White to run for governor? We’ve got the new candidate’s details

  
  Texas Watchdog — Authority: 545
  If you haven’t heard already, there’s more talk today that there’s a new face in the race for Texas governor, and it looks a whole lot like Houston Mayor Bill White. That’s the word from Chron.com as well as the Texas Tribune, with the word attributed in both cases to unnamed sources. Both are saying [...]
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• Houston parking commissioners launched ‘booting’ firm after crafting rules for program

  
  Texas Watchdog — Authority: 545
  Two members of the city of Houstons Parking Commission who helped craft the rules for the citys "booting" program for illegally parked vehicles last year joined forces as partners in a new business just before the new rules were approved by the city. Their new business venture? Its a company that boots illegally ...
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• Lawmaker Investments and Disclosure

  
  Sunlight Foundation — Authority: 607
  According to an article in today’s Washington Post , the number of lawmakers owning and trading stocks has nearly tripled since 2001. This brings with it a concern that personal financial conflicts of interest may interfere with the honest legislating the public expects from their representatives or appear to to ...
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