The White House announced yesterday evening in a press release the appointment of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as the Obama administration’s “Senior Official Responsible for Oversight of Implementation of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.” This announcement comes a month after President Obama announced that the U.S. would become a part of an eight-year-old pact between countries [...]
Archive for the ‘Transparency’ Category
17 May
Let’s Hope This Sunlight Can Kill Coliform, Arsenic, and Bad User Interfaces
In the name of transparency, the EPA announced yesterday the release of several improvements to the availability and usability of drinking water data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) tool. The updated Safe Drinking Water Act search page can ostensibly used to pinpoint violations of drinking water standards in any given individual’s community. [...]
