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Transparency Laws Improve Accountability, Trust in Law Enforcement

Transparency Laws Improve Accountability, Trust in Law Enforcement

By Desmond Mantle

If police officers are engaging in misconduct the public must be able to discover it.

State and Local Governments Should Mimic the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act

State and Local Governments Should Mimic the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act

By Spence Purnell

Florida Passes First in the Nation Data Reporting Standards to Improve Local Government Financial Transparency

Florida Passes First in the Nation Data Reporting Standards to Improve Local Government Financial Transparency

By Marc Joffe and Spence Purnell

How to Get Dumb, Obsolete Laws Off the Books

How to Get Dumb, Obsolete Laws Off the Books

By Adrian Moore

The Economics of America’s Crony Society

The Economics of America’s Crony Society

By Julian Morris

State Budget Reform Toolkit

Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy

Obama Needs to Push for Online Stimulus Transparency

Commentary by Anthony Randazzo

Earmarks: The Alien Menace

Obama, Brownback and Paul Promise Executive Order Mandating Google Government

Opportunity and Performance in the President’s Management Agenda

Commentary by Adrian Moore

Transparency Policy Studies

State Budget Reform Toolkit

Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy