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News items are listed by the date on which they occured. For that reason, some are added which don't appear at the top of this page. The most recent items will appear on the homepage and not yet here. Additionally, sound and video files are occasionally added to existing news items. If you are a regular visitor to this site, it is worth scanning the entire page from time to time to ensure that you are not missing anything. [UPDATED 2/14/08]

September 18, 2009. Archon Fung and David Weil delivered “Radical Transparency,” the keynote speech to a meeting of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Boston, MA.

February 5, 2009. David Weil delivered a talk to the National Press Club in Washington, DC, entitled “Making Transparency More Transparent" at the Transparency and Accountability: The Role of Information Disclosure conference.

Fall 2008. Clifford Winston reviewed the book in the Journal of Economic Literature. The text of the article may be obtained here.

Winter 2008. A review of Full Disclosure by Lisa Blomgren Bingham appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. A pdf file of that article and other reviews is available here for free.

November 19, 2008. David Weil delivered talk “From Disaggregated Data to Nudges: The Role of Transparency in Future Regulation” in New York at Behavioral Economics and Regulatory Design, a workshop organized by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation / Russell Sage Foundation.

October 10, 2008. Archon Fung delivered talk entitled "Data Driven Public Spaces: From Private to Semi-Public" at a workshop on the Decline and Rise of Public Spaces, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany.

Fall 2008. Archon Fung created and maintained a website called MyFairElection during the 2008 election season that allowed people to rate their voting experience on election day in order to identify any issues or problems with the voting process.

Fall 2008. Axel Gosseries reviewed the book in the Swiss Political Science Review, the full text of which may obtained here for free.

August 13, 2008. D. Weil. “Promise and Pitfalls of Transparency: Insights from the Workplace and Beyond.” Australian Senior Human Resources Roundtable, Sydney, Australia, .

Summer 2008. An interview with Archon Fung entitled "Mr. Cellophane Man" appeared in Commonwealth Magazine which focused on transparency policy. Read the article.

May 29, 2008. David Weil delivered talk entitled “Promise and Pitfalls of Transparency: Insights for the Mortgage Market Crisis” at the Conference on Consumer Information and the Mortgage Market in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics. It was broadcast on CSPAN. Watch it.

April 10, 2008. Archon Fung delivered "Urban Transparency" Testimony to Boston City Council, Committee on Post Audit & Oversight, Sam Yoon, Chair.

February 25, 2008. An online, interactive discussion on transparency with Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil examined why some transparency policies succeed and others fail based on their recent book. It was sponsored by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard's Kennedy School.

February 11, 2008. David Weil's lecture “Can Transparency Improve Health Outcomes?” given at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Winter 2007. Jay Shimshack reviewed the book in Political Science Quarterly. In his comments he says that he suspects the book, "...is destined to become the definitive book in the area, and [he] recommend[s] it to academics commencing or conducting disclosure research, policymakers considering or refining information programs, and decision makers concerned about the impact of transparency on the organizational bottom line." A full copy of his comments made be ordered here.

December 2007. The book was reviewed in the Harvard Law Review. A pdf file of that article and other reviews may be downloaded here for free.

December 2007. A review of the book by Brian Cook appeared in Perspectives on Politics. The full text of the article may be obtained here.

September 17, 2007. David Weil was an invited speaker at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. as a part of the Advancing Excellence and Public Trust in Government Symposium, a collaboration between Auburn University, The National Endowment for the Public Trust and the Washington Center. He delivered a talk entitled “Making Transparency Work.”

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