The FEC's problem is two weird rules that thwart the pro-disclosure intent of the federal election statutes (FECA and BCRA) which require disclosure of underlying donors, and yet oddly the FEC rules do not require this transparency.
Although these steps represent improvements in access to and disclosure of underlying data, they fall short of our recommendations.
Although wealth-management products often include only spotty disclosures about underlying assets, the trust association data offer a view of where the funds are flowing.
"There are also serious issues involving potential violations of the securities laws, particularly with regard to fair and accurate disclosure of the underlying loan contracts and property titles in mortgage-backed securities that were sold.
Objectives: We reviewed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) current practices regarding disclosure of data underlying regulatory and policy decisions involving chemicals, including pesticides.
Hundreds of agreements have been signed between genetic testing firms and US payers that have apparently not required disclosure of the underlying data, which is ultimately derived from – and would benefit – patients seeking optimal treatment.
Because the critical issue underlying disclosure is the reliability of the information being reported in a manuscript, NRDC workshop participants also suggested that journals could conduct random audits in which authors of a randomly selected article are asked by the journal for a more detailed data report, potentially including submission of raw data.
"In order to allow all of the options potentially available to stabilise the club to be explored, there must be total disclosure of all the underlying obstacles.
In 2010 Google added transparency requirements related to aggregators using Adwords, including requiring them to link to a disclosure document and display underlying cost, clicks and impression data.
Cable backed the deal – hammered out under the codename Project Merlin to cover issues such as lending, bonuses and pay disclosure – but then said the underlying cause of excessive bonuses would not be tackled until the report by the government commission into the future of banking, chaired by Sir John Vickers.
