Tag: Transparency
Feds are increasing use of facial recognition systems – despite calls...
James Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Despite growing opposition, the U.S. government is on track to increase its use of...
What US medical supply chain can learn from the fashion industry
Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins University
The shortage of crucial medical supplies, especially personal protective equipment, has crippled the United States’ ability to quell the COVID-19...
Well, impeachment didn’t work – how else can Congress keep President...
Kirsten Carlson, Wayne State University
Donald Trump’s removal of impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the White House and intervention in his friend Roger...
EPA’s proposed ‘secret science’ rule directly threatens children’s health
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
The Trump administration is working to weaken U.S. environmental regulations in many areas, from water and air pollution to energy development and...
Journalism needs to practice transparency in a different way to rebuild...
Michael Palanski, Rochester Institute of Technology and Andrea Hickerson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Public trust in media continues to hover near all-time lows, driven by...
Could the open government movement shut the door on Freedom of...
Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University Newark ; Alex Ingrams, Tilburg University, and Daniel Berliner, London School of Economics and Political Science
For democracy to work,...
Why governmental transparency will not work without strong leadership
Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University Newark
Walter Shaub, the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, has warned that President Donald Trump’s...
Why big-data analysis of police activity is inherently biased
William Isaac, Michigan State University and Andi Dixon, Columbia University
In early 2017, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a new initiative in the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
