Transparency Policy

We seek to understand and improve disclosure systems that protect the public. We are affiliated with the Harvard Kennedy School.

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A connected patient is a healthier patient: learn more about our findings from eight health information initiatives https://t.co/FkTIeLKYOI

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Building the infrastructure for reporting carbon emissions.
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A quarter of the U.S. workforce is now covered by state and local salary transparency laws aimed at reducing gender and racial pay inequities.

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A Job With a Fair Salary? What Pay Transparency Laws Are Revealing.

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The best proposal so far for regulating AI - start with effective disclosure.

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To be effective, disclosure systems must improve over time. Here’s a good example of one that is improving in response to shareholder interests.
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Maine leads the nation in requiring manufacturers to disclose PFAS chemicals, revealing supply chain issues.

State Bans on Products With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Increase
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Pay transparency, a growing trend in the US and Europe, can have unintended consequences.

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The GAO recommends standardized reporting of college financial aid packages.
https://t.co/gAHRZRUXz1

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China, India, Argentina, the United States and other countries already have rules that allow gene editing of crops, and the European Commission and the UK Parliament are preparing to consider proposals.

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The Financial Times reports on November 16, 2022 that drought and climate change are leading governments to ease restrictions on gene-edited crops. Gene editing splices genetic material from a single species of plant to improve drought tolerance, nutrition, yield or other

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characteristics. Traditional regulation of genetically modified crops has mainly been aimed, instead, at crops created by splicing genes from different species together.

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Best account so far of why recycling transparency doesn’t work. By Winston Choi-Schagrin and Hiroko Tabuchi in today’s New York Times. https://t.co/jvFhZiB2Z2

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Transparency for democracy - Required disclosures are not always accessible in practice. Here, a mammoth effort by data journalists reveals officials’ conflicts of interest.
https://t.co/jeZFbVIB5Y

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Now nutritional labels for wine?

Beer, wine and spirits labels might be overhauled as consumer groups seek more disclosure on nutrition and ingredients.
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Respected reporter on presidential health issues urges full disclosure by Congressional candidates.
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Good example of creating new transparency system from scattered public data.
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New battle lurking over proposed front of package nutritional labels.

https://t.co/RRO8S0J76t

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Transparency alert! New Federal Department of Transportation dashboard for airline benefits if flights canceled.

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Members of the Ash Center and @Kennedy_School community are voting!

Whether ballots are cast by mail, early, or today, in-person, we're celebrating this participation in our democracy #Vote2020 @HVotesChallenge

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Where is #OSHA? A shameful story of federal incompetence and corporate greed in the face of #COVID19 at my hometown #Greeley meatpacking plant. @DebbieBerkowitz @drdavidmichaels https://t.co/CDfcJGRFHO

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Do you know whether your restaurant / grocery store / hair salon is COVID safe? We need a system so that you do, and so that you can protect you and your loved ones. @latimes ⁦@HarvardAsh⁩ https://t.co/t8edDp7Hsc