California Could Tighten Reporting Requirements for Migrant Deaths in Custody
A new bill is making its way through the state legislature as recent reports of migrant child deaths raise concerns about transparency.
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Trump’s VA Faces a Lawsuit Aimed at Exposing the Influence of the ‘Mar-a-Lago Crowd’
The government is attempting to get the suit thrown out of court asserting that a Watergate-era sunshine law on advisory committees shouldn't apply.
The Government’s Latest Hearing on the EPA’s Science Transparency Rule Bolstered Outsider Scientists’ Opinions
Two of the three invited scientists agreed with the rule, even though other evidence suggests most scientists are against it.
A New Website Shows Nearly Half of E.U. Clinical Trial Data Isn’t Publicly Disclosed
After making a tool that tracks how well drug testers follow U.S. law, researchers turned to an even bigger market for drug trials: the European Union.
In the Latest Effort to Replicate Scientific Studies, Only 62 Percent Hold Up Under Scrutiny
Nevertheless, scientists see some progress on the problem of reproducibility.
Opponents Show Up in Force at a Hearing for the EPA’s Controversial ‘Secret Science’ Rule
The rule's architects aren't really seeking better science, opponents argue.
After a Report Criticizing Obamacare Removals From Medicaid.gov Starts to Circulate, the Law Gets a Boost on Medicaid’s History Page
The update was totally unrelated to the report, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokesman says.
Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity Is Suing Itself
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has filed a suit claiming that Trump's Advisory Commission on Election Integrity is violating federal transparency laws.
From Transparency to Democracy
What’s better than openness? Openness coupled with engagement. By Hollie Russon-Gilman & K. Sabeel Rahman (Photo: Laurent Dard/AFP/Getty…
A FOIA for the Digital Age
After fifty years of the Freedom of Information Act, it’s past time to consider what the legislation would…