Transparency and Disclosure

Guest Host:

Frank Stasio
Transparency and Disclosure

From food labeling to national security to accounting practices, we tend to believe that we have a right to know the details. But is more information a good thing? And is government transparency something that can be legistlated?

From food labeling to national security to accounting practices, we tend to believe that we have a right to know the details. But is more information a good thing? And is government transparency something that can be legistlated?

Guests

Mary Graham

Co-director of The Transparency Policy Project at the Kennedy School of Govenrment; Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institute; author of "Democracy By Dicslosure: The Rise of Technopopulism"

Allison Kretser

Director, Scientific and Nutrition Policy, Grocery Manufacturers Association

Steward Taylor

opinion columnist with the "National Journal" and contributor to "Newsweek" magazine

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