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. Los Angeles Times ⁦Harvard Ash Center⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Where is #OSHA? A shameful story of federal incompetence and corporate greed in the face of #COVID19 at my hometown #Greeley meatpacking plant. Debbie Berkowitz David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social washingtonpost.com/national/he-fl…

Members of the Ash Center and Harvard 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

Transparency alert! New Federal Department of Transportation dashboard for airline benefits if flights canceled. wsj.com/articles/your-…

New battle lurking over proposed front of package nutritional labels. wsj.com/articles/nutri…

Good example of creating new transparency system from scattered public data. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Respected reporter on presidential health issues urges full disclosure by Congressional candidates. nytimes.com/2022/09/26/opi…

Now nutritional labels for wine? Beer, wine and spirits labels might be overhauled as consumer groups seek more disclosure on nutrition and ingredients. wsj.com/articles/beer-…

Transparency for democracy - Required disclosures are not always accessible in practice. Here, a mammoth effort by data journalists reveals officials’ conflicts of interest. wsj.com/articles/gover…

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/interactive/20…

The GAO recommends standardized reporting of college financial aid packages. gao.gov/products/gao-2…

Pay transparency, a growing trend in the US and Europe, can have unintended consequences. economist.com/united-states/…

Maine leads the nation in requiring manufacturers to disclose PFAS chemicals, revealing supply chain issues. State Bans on Products With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Increase wsj.com/articles/state…

To be effective, disclosure systems must improve over time. Here’s a good example of one that is improving in response to shareholder interests. wsj.com/articles/what-…

The best proposal so far for regulating AI - start with effective disclosure. oreilly.com/content/you-ca…

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. nytimes.com/2023/06/20/bus… A Job With a Fair Salary? What Pay Transparency Laws Are Revealing.

Building the infrastructure for reporting carbon emissions. wsj.com/articles/how-t…