Tag: transparency

Australia Ceases Reporting Cases of Myocarditis Post-COVID Vaccination

Australia’s therapeutic goods administration (TGA) has announced that reports on myocarditis and pericarditis cases following mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna are not necessary anymore and will no longer be provided. Australia’s national drug authority says this is because the rates have stabilised. However, the TGA will “continue to monitor and review these adverse…


LIVE NOW: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “Ensuring an Impartial Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023” at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. Jennifer Mascott, assistant professor of law and co-executive director of the C. Boyden Gray Center at Antonin Scalia Law School; James J. Sample, professor of law at…


Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Bill

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “Ensuring an Impartial Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023” at 2:30 p.m. ET on June 14. Jennifer Mascott, assistant professor of law and co-executive director of the C. Boyden Gray Center at Antonin Scalia Law School; James J. Sample, professor of law at…


PREMIERING June 13, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Sam Dunning: The West Needs to Uphold its Own Ethical Standards when Dealing with a More Authoritarian China | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Sam Dunning, a former investigative journalist who runs the charity UK-China Transparency. Sam talks about the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in UK universities through Confucius Institutes and investment by Chinese tech companies. He also talks about China’s continually decreasing transparency and the difficulties this poses for Western companies, policymakers…


LIVE NOW: IRS Commissioner Testifies to House Ways and Means Committee Hearing

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Danny Werfel testifies to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s Hearing at 1:00 p.m. on April 27 on Accountability and Transparency at the Internal Revenue Service. …


IRS Commissioner Testifies to House Ways and Means Committee Hearing

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Danny Werfel testifies to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s Hearing at 1:00 p.m. on April 27 on Accountability and Transparency at the Internal Revenue Service. …


Two-thirds of Californians Want to Know Who’s Funding Environmental Lawsuits

Commentary I was recently introduced to California 100 by Sal Rodriguez, the opinion editor for the Southern California News Group, which includes the Orange County Register. It’s a think tank of sorts and provides the following to describe itself: “California 100 is a transformative statewide initiative focused on inspiring a vision and strategy for California’s next…


House Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on Ukraine Assistance

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability of Ukraine Assistance at 10 a.m. ET on March 29. State Department Deputy Inspector General, Acting Inspector General Diana Shaw, USAID Acting Deputy Inspector General Nicole Angarella, and Department of Defense Inspector General Robert Storch will testify. …


LIVE NOW: House Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on Ukraine Assistance

The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Oversight, Transparency, and Accountability of Ukraine Assistance at 10 a.m. ET on March 29. State Department Deputy Inspector General, Acting Inspector General Diana Shaw, USAID Acting Deputy Inspector General Nicole Angarella, and Department of Defense Inspector General Robert Storch will testify. …


High Healthcare Costs Driven by Opaque Prices, Market Consolidation: Hearing

Lawmakers and healthcare experts drew attention to continued problems with price transparency and unchecked consolidation in a hearing focused on the high cost of healthcare in the United States. “Transparency is vital in moving to a functional market and lowering healthcare prices–put simply, we must have the data,” said Marilyn J. Bartlett, an accountant with…