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Revenue Watch seeks a Finance Associate to be based in New York City.

Revenue Watch seeks an Advocacy Officer to be based in London.

More than 30 business, human rights and policy groups ask U.S. Congress to preserve the flagship anticorruption law.

Members of OGP leadership call for dialogue with the South Africa on its controversial information protection law.

On the anniversary of the UN Convention against Corruption, advocates call for oil, gas and mining transparency.

Discussions on how technology can further transparency goals raise "non-tech" questions about political power.

In its new 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, Transparency International makes a direct link between global corruption and increasing public unrest.

Natural resource NGOs and tech experts huddle to discuss how data innovations can build knowledge.

Effective online presentation of open data requires the same organization and hospitality as a good bookstore.

The EITI has just released an amended version of its new 2011 rules, now available for download.

The Transparency and Accountability Initiative is accepting research submissions on transparency and accountability interventions.

Nearly 70 legislators and civil society members gather for RWI's parliamentary forum in Ghana.

As the G20 summit concluded, RWI called for the nations to endorse mandatory, not voluntary, reporting rules for oil and mining companies.

Bill Gates advanced efforts to aid developing nations by urging the G20 to require greater transparency by oil, gas and mineral companies.

Karina Litvack of F&C Asset Management on how transparency reduces risk for investors.

Oil and mining companies are second only to the financial sector in their reliance on tax havens, according to a new report from ActionAid.

RWI seeks individual research consultants to support the data gathering for the 2012 Revenue Watch Index.

As the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development prepares for its annual conference, key decisions on country-by-country reporting are anticipated in the U.S. and from the European Commission.
Citizens' groups in resource-rich countries have been pushing for years for the publication of contracts in which their governments award companies the right to explore for and exploit public petroleum and mineral resources.

Speaking at the Open Government Partnership launch, RWI Director Karin Lissakers highlighted the costs of closed governments.

President Obama says the U.S. will implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

At the World Bank/IMF CSO Forum, Professor Paul Collier discussed his new book, Plundered Nations, on a panel with RWI staff.

Norway's management model for oil, gas could complicate reform in some other countries.
Revenue Watch seeks three consultants who will conduct research on how oil-producing countries govern the receipt and sale of physical crude oil receipts.
RWI seeks a Senior Associate for its MENA region. The Senior Associate will work closely with the MENA Regional Coordinator and collaborate with the Program Associate.