Senate and Investor Champions of Section 1504 React to Strong SEC Final Rule

Champions of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act react to the release of the Security and Exchange Commission’s Final Rule. “Today is a watershed moment as the United States reclaims its position as a leader in the effort to increase global accountability and transparency. This final rule will enable citizens and local civil society organizations to hold government leaders accountable…

SEC Releases Strong Oil, Gas and Mining Transparency Rule and Restores US Leadership – June 27, 2016

Download this press release as a pdf Read The Final Rule FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2016 Contact: Jana Morgan, Director – jmorgan@pwypusa.org Office 202-496-1189 – Mobile 703-795-8542 SEC Releases Strong Oil, Gas and Mining Transparency Rule and Restores US Leadership Washington, D.C. – Publish What You Pay – United States (PWYP-US) celebrates today’s release by the Securities and Exchange…

PWYP-US kicks off data skills training series

On May 19, PWYP-US hosted the first of two data skills training workshops to explore ways of using the USEITI data with the open source QGIS mapping software. In the first session, our trainer, University of Maryland Geographical Sciences PhD candidate, Diana Parker, introduced the basics of organizing data as well as an introductory understanding of geographic information systems (GIS)….

PWYP-US kicks off data skills training series: Workshop 1 – Data Organization and GIS Basics

This post originally appeared on www.extractafact.org on June 3, 2016 On May 19, PWYP-US hosted the first of two data skills training workshops to explore ways of using the USEITI data with the open source QGIS mapping software. In the first session, our trainer, University of Maryland Geographical Sciences PhD candidate, Diana Parker, introduced the basics of organizing data as…

Welcome to Extract-A-Fact

This post originally appeared on www.extractafact.org on June 3, 2016 Publish What You Pay – United States (PWYP-US) is excited to launch the Extract-A-Fact project! “Are we getting a good deal on our natural resources?” Extract-A-Fact will provide training modules detailing useful and creative ways to find, analyze, and visualize extractives data, as well as blog posts from PWYP-US and…

Project-level reporting is necessary for accountability

The Publish What You Pay-United States coalition along with global partners have advocated on the importance of project-level reporting requirements in transparency regulation governing the extractives sector. Civil society organizations committed to transparency and accountability have made clear that to effectively carry out their work payment disclosures are only meaningful when made at the appropriate level of specificity. Over the…