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A Transparency Hub in Washington
I wanted to share some thinking we've been working on here at Global Integrity for several months: the idea of a shared, collaborative work space for transparency and accountability organizations based in the Washington, DC area. Last summer, something obvious dawned on us: 1) there are lots of groups based in Washington, DC that work…
January 13, 2012
Interview with Our New Colleague, Matt Garlipp
As we ring in the New Year here at Global Integrity, we are happy to welcome a new intern to our ranks, Matt Garlipp. After three days on the job, I sat down with Matt to learn more about his interest in governance, anti-corruption and why out of all the great NGOs in Washington, DC…
January 6, 2012
Egypt’s Crackdown on NGO Funding: How Uncommon?
Photo credit: US Mission Geneva (pictured: US nominees for Internet Freedom Fellows (2011), including our friend Andreas Harsono from Indonesia and now-world famous Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas.) Egypt's military government continues to find novel ways of damaging its international image, this week raiding the offices of 17 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and questioning whether foreign-funded NGOs were responsible for…
December 29, 2011
Global Integrity Newsletter: December 2011
[Below is a verbatim transcript of our every-few-months newsletter. Click here to sign up to receive our newsletter via email.] Dear friends – As I've written to you throughout the past year, 2011 has been a year of rapid growth for Global Integrity and our work. We opened a new office in Cape Town, South…
December 22, 2011
Fads and Trends: How NGOs Can Know What Tech Trends to Ignore
(This blog post was crossposted over at the Transparency and Accountability Technology Project.) More than once have I walked into a ‘telecenter’ in an Indian village only to discover that it was not much more than a nearly empty room, with one or more computers that might or might not be functional. It didn’t matter…
December 13, 2011
Statement from Civil Society Members of the Open Government Partnership Steering Committee on the South African Protection of Information Bill
12 December 2011 The Open Government Partnership – now endorsed by 50 countries around the world – was launched in September 2011 to promote greater openness and transparency between governments and their citizens. South Africa is one of the founding member countries and was represented by President Zuma at the launch where he emphasized, “Open…
December 12, 2011