When are you most forthcoming with life updates? And when are you the most transparent about exactly what those updates are? For most folks—show of hands, please—it's when things are going well.

Not surprisingly, governments are similarly inclined. Yet, it turns out, broad government transparency not only breeds goodwill, begetting still more transparency — it can change lives for the ...

But I believe data transparency is one of the pillars of a healthy democracy. Representation in Congress, for example, is based on Census data, which the U.S. Constitution requires the federal ...

For example, the police procurement body ... despite MPs warning of lack of legislation to regulate it showed the government’s lack of transparency over the use of the AI technology.

From banning luxury vehicle buys to requiring more disclosure over government contracts, lawmakers appeared eager to restrain ...

Elected leaders turned against transparency, Petersen, who now directs the Florida Center for Government Accountability, told me recently. One of the prominent examples she points to is Gov.

While such apps promise increased security and privacy, they often skirt open records laws meant to increase transparency around and public awareness of government decision-making. Without special ...

The idea was born more than 20 years ago when Florida newspaper editors started Sunshine Sunday to highlight the need for government transparency. By 2005, it grew to a full week of open ...

A Deloitte survey of 1,200+ government officials from over 70 countries ... However, there are remarkable examples worldwide where forward-thinking governments have embraced technology to ...

Most Michigan residents believe that the government should work for us ... Legislature's efforts over the past two years to improve transparency have not lived up to the promises made to ...