Transparency Policy
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We seek to understand and improve disclosure systems that protect the public. We are affiliated with the Harvard Kennedy School.
Cambridge MA
Joined November 2010
A connected patient is a healthier patient: learn more about our findings from eight health information initiatives
commonwealthfund.org
Digital technologies are also facilitating patient-centered research through crowdsourcing. IBD Partners, for example, has created an online platform where patients with inflammatory bowel disease...
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Building the infrastructure for reporting carbon emissions. https://t.co/3OUHqyfmXU
wsj.com
Holcim, HP and Nestlé sustainability executives offer simple steps to get started.
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A quarter of the U.S. workforce is now covered by state and local salary transparency laws aimed at reducing gender and racial pay inequities. https://t.co/3ltow7ExUC A Job With a Fair Salary? What Pay Transparency Laws Are Revealing.
nytimes.com
Salary disclosure laws have been a boon for workers searching for jobs that pay fairly — but only when the advertised pay bands are narrow enough to be useful.
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The best proposal so far for regulating AI - start with effective disclosure. https://t.co/NEINEbrCUL
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To be effective, disclosure systems must improve over time. Here’s a good example of one that is improving in response to shareholder interests. https://t.co/zarfMXTqeo
wsj.com
Companies for first time must tell how much stock awards soar or shrink. For one CEO, it’s a $24 million difference.
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Maine leads the nation in requiring manufacturers to disclose PFAS chemicals, revealing supply chain issues. State Bans on Products With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Increase https://t.co/Mj1JG4Wdns
wsj.com
More than a dozen states are taking action to address PFAS in food packaging, consumer products and firefighting foam.
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Pay transparency, a growing trend in the US and Europe, can have unintended consequences. https://t.co/zVrl8a9E1T
economist.com
Which is a pity, as California and Washington have just adopted them
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The GAO recommends standardized reporting of college financial aid packages. https://t.co/gAHRZRUXz1
gao.gov
The ways colleges present cost and aid information in their financial aid offers vary—making it difficult for students to compare offers and assess...
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China, India, Argentina, the United States and other countries already have rules that allow gene editing of crops, and the European Commission and the UK Parliament are preparing to consider proposals.
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characteristics. Traditional regulation of genetically modified crops has mainly been aimed, instead, at crops created by splicing genes from different species together.
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The Financial Times reports on November 16, 2022 that drought and climate change are leading governments to ease restrictions on gene-edited crops. Gene editing splices genetic material from a single species of plant to improve drought tolerance, nutrition, yield or other
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Best account so far of why recycling transparency doesn’t work. By Winston Choi-Schagrin and Hiroko Tabuchi in today’s New York Times.
nytimes.com
Did you know the “recycling” symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game, then read about why this is so tricky.
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Transparency for democracy - Required disclosures are not always accessible in practice. Here, a mammoth effort by data journalists reveals officials’ conflicts of interest. https://t.co/jeZFbVIB5Y
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Now nutritional labels for wine? Beer, wine and spirits labels might be overhauled as consumer groups seek more disclosure on nutrition and ingredients. https://t.co/BD3sVyOUqn
wsj.com
The federal government is weighing changes to labels as a lawsuit by consumer groups raises pressure to disclose ingredients.
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Respected reporter on presidential health issues urges full disclosure by Congressional candidates. https://t.co/Hv0HWwNuI5
nytimes.com
Health doesn’t have to be so political.
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Good example of creating new transparency system from scattered public data. https://t.co/2qjyTgQ6AE
nytimes.com
New Hampshire and Mississippi are at the bottom. Oregon and Washington are the top. For the first time since the 2020 election, researchers ranked all 50 states based on how easy it is for a voter to...
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New battle lurking over proposed front of package nutritional labels. https://t.co/RRO8S0J76t
wsj.com
The advocates want a more condensed label on the front of packaged-food items that would flag certain health risks, such as high sugar or saturated-fat content. Industry groups say existing labels...
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Transparency alert! New Federal Department of Transportation dashboard for airline benefits if flights canceled. https://t.co/1Iz4g9HHs5
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Members of the Ash Center and @Kennedy_School community are voting! Whether ballots are cast by mail, early, or today, in-person, we're celebrating this participation in our democracy #Vote2020 @HVotesChallenge
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Where is #OSHA? A shameful story of federal incompetence and corporate greed in the face of #COVID19 at my hometown #Greeley meatpacking plant. @DebbieBerkowitz @drdavidmichaels
washingtonpost.com
Vice President Pence and CDC Director Redfield pushed to keep a Colorado meatpacking plant operating against the advice of some top local and state heath officials.
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Do you know whether your restaurant / grocery store / hair salon is COVID safe? We need a system so that you do, and so that you can protect you and your loved ones. @latimes @HarvardAsh
latimes.com
To counter fear over reopening society in the COVID era, government standards and a restaurant-style ratings system should be put in place.
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