when you talk about transparency, that's downtown transparency in a prosecutor's -- the best counter to transparency in a prosecutor's office is to open up the doors to that office sapped see what is going on. the -- and see what is going on. they have recommended that prosecutors' offices adopt and implement a set of policies and guidelines and recommend that those policies and guidelines be made available to the public but despite these recommendations, the overwhelming majority of prosecutors' offices around the country don't have established policies and procedures and the research that we did, you know, we found that there are 2300 state prosecution offices in the country so that doesn't include city offices, county offices and the such. there is a relatively small number of prosecutors offices in the country that have actually adopted the man wells here in california. -- when they took a look at prosecute ya'll misconduct they invited comments and they only found three jurisdictions that had policies. l.a. county, ventura county and santa clara county. the california district a

[laughter] i talked a lot about openness and transparency in city government. as you can see, my voice is about gone. we did run a campaign. i feel very strongly about that. i feel strongly about the citizens being able to participate effectively in the government, transparency in our decision making, and people feeling as empowered as they can be. we are a uniquely disenfranchised city here. we do not want to do anything within the city that would leave the message that we are not fully in powering our people. a hallmark of my administration will be open as, transparency, and we will be reaching out to the diverse population we have in our city to try to ensure that they are engaged -- a hallmark of my administration will be openness, transparency. the onus is on me to keep that promise, and i look forward to that, but i also look forward to people holding me accountable as well for fulfilling that promise. in the process, i'm going to ask of the people in the city, do not sit on the sidelines. step up. work with me. the door will be open. we will need to work

as you will hear from this panel, transparency is key. you have to ask the company, how good are you? do you have latino executives? usually they have one, maybe two if you are lucky. after that, there is a huge gap. most of our community work at the lower level of the corporation. in terms of business, last year our index found out that 2% of all suspending and procurement went to hispanics. in philanthropy, last year the number was 2.25%. that means that 97% of a company's contributions in philanthropy are going somewhere else. they are not coming to the hispanic community. our board representation hasn't improved much. it has remained flat. we are the largest minority. almost 50 million people, 15% or 16%, and that is before the chorus -- census comes out, and with that i think we will blow everybody out of the water. with, that i have the sign. >> thank you, carlos it has remained flat in terms of our board of directors. but since the task force, we have had more hispanics appointed to corporate boards than any other team, so there ha

none of this is transparent. what americans need is an internet where they are assured that they know what information is collected, how it is used, and they have to agree on the most critical things involving their lives, their finances, their health, their children, their politics. they decide what is collected and how it is used. all that stearns and baucher would do would be to provide additional safeguards for consumers. the idea that the internet as we know it is going to go bankrupt, that they are going to have to shut down, if we protect consumers online when they engage in transactions and protect their privacy is absurd and frankly disingenuous. we can have a robust economy and have privacy. we need to measure consumer privacy if we are going to have the kind of robust internet online. >> you are saying the stearns baucher approach is not enough? >> what we really need is a system where consumers are told how the system works, what is being collected, how it is used, and give them much more choice. the

tremendous moral hazard but then at the end of the day we're further encouraging this lack of transparency by suspending mark to market accounting and just lying about the value of assets on balance sheets and allowing banks to the largest ones to stash assets on and off balance sheet vehicles we have no idea what's out there that's got to stop if we want to have banks that are confident enough in their position to make loans and if we want businesses to be confident enough to borrow based upon expectations of further future economic growth we've got to have honesty and transparency in the financial system and we have to stop legalizing the accounting fraud in many cases of very same accounting fraud that brought down enron you know on the subject of mortgage fraud. there is allegedly some mortgage fraud by all the major banks foreclosing on homes they don't own how do you stop this ongoing crime way it is a crime wave and i'm excited at least to see the judicial system stepping up a little bit and pushing back against this just this immense flood of paper and again this financial engineer

the emphasis there should not even be on the word tax on months but on the word as you use it transparency because much of the system has become a pank and this is created hundreds of billions of not trillions of dollars of the problems ok let's ask you about the banking system specifically b.j. lawson any ideas in terms of fixes there well i think the most important thing we need to restore confidence in our economy is to restore confidence in our financial system and where we've gone with this so-called financial innovation and financial engineering over the past couple of decades you know my opponent david price voted for the repeal of last you go and allow the largest too big to fail banks to gamble on the taxpayers' dime this is the kind of corporatism that is absolutely working against the american people so not only do we allow this idea of too big to fail and do we reward failure through endless bailouts which engender tremendous moral hazard but then at the end of the day we're further encouraging this lack of transparency by suspending mark to market. accounting and just lying ab

point for me is having a way of funding the government that is transparent and a system where frankly everybody pays something we've got to the point now in the us where fully half of americans don't pay any income tax and then the vast majority of the tax burden is paid by those in the highest income tax brackets and it's getting to the point where it's just being confiscates or to the point where capital is fleeing our shores and that goes for corporate as well as as well as personal income tax rates so i think that the key difference between the value added tax and the fair tax is the value added tax is applied at every stage of production so it really is a tax on the creation of value throughout the economy the retail sales tax or the fair tax is a retail sales tax or consumption tax is just exactly it's just levied at the point of sale and it only applies to new goods and services so doesn't attempt to say for example target sale of use items on craigslist and things like that is just a retail sales tax on new goods that people will then be paying tax on to the federal government

transparency. but in january johnson testified against the bipartisan child abuse victim's bill which would have eliminated the statute of limitations preventing abuse victims from suing much later on. when you watch his testimony keep in mind that johnson was still on the finance council facing that nevada lawsuit over feeney neither of which johnson mentions. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak. my name is ron johnson. i'm a business owner in oshkosh, wisconsin. the first question i asked myself when i was made aware of this legislation was what is the purpose? on its face it appears it is intended to financially compensate victims of past sexual abuse. the reason i am here today is to discuss the many unintended consequences this legislation might produce. i think it is extremely important to consider the economic havoc and the other victims it would likely create. i list the organizations i am involved with below to demonstrate my direct knowledge of the struggles that nonprofit organizat

feel very strongly about the citizens being able to participate effectively in the government, transparency in our decision making and people feeling as empowered as they possibly can be. we are uniquely disenfranchised city here. and we don't want to do anything within the city that would leave the message we are not fully empowering our people. the hallmark of my administration will be openness, transparency and reaching out to the diverse population that we have in the city to try to ensure they are engaged. the ownous is on me to keep the promise. i look forward to that and i look forward to people to hold me accountable as well for fulfilling that promise. in the process, i will ask of the people of the city, don't sit on the sidelines, step up, work with me. the door will be open. we will need the help of everybody in order to move the city forward. over the next seven weeks, we have a lot of work ahead of us. we don't know what the financial challenges are that face the city. we will probably get information from dr. gandhi before the month is out about the condition of our finances

. >> transparency is the answer. we can't get an earmarked transparency bill so the american people can find out what the earmarks are who is getting the benefit shot, well-connected person that is going to benefit from this and what is the campaign finance payments for getting earmarks? >> do you think you could get a law that would mandate forced disclosure to your point, where the legal onus would be on somebody like you do with your job, if you fail to disclose, you are automatically in violation, as opposed to current ver? >> we have disclosure now but tough go to 550 cites to find all the information. so, in essence, and we have that rule, you have to disclose it, except the american people can't find it because you got to go, you know, takes you 20 thundershowers find one little deal. so, in truth, we have manipulated the system to make it obtuse and not clear and what we ought to be about is transparency. you know if we really have transparency in washington, most of these problems would go away. if we would

for complete transparency to have happened, i guess we need to have a definition of complete transparency. as far as mr. johnson making that statement, it seems a little light. if he did not know what had happened, what was being covered up in the diocese, if someone had told you that and you felt oh, my god, i didn't know this, wouldn't you come out with a strong statement that i was lied to. i was not aware of this and i'm ashamed of the diocese and they need to open up their books right now. but to come out with this weak response that they need to come out with complete transparency. that doesn't show the outrage i would expect from someone in his position on something that is so critical. the child victims act. >> especially when he got a second opportunity to say something about it and chose not to. go ahead. >> what i was going to say is and you kind of tapped into it, this is a great opportunity for mr. johnson to come out and for lack of a better term, had his come to jesus moment. say i reconsider what i stated in that testimony. i am going to be forceful and do whatever i can t

the second, transparency. the use for taxes became more apparent. people began to pay closer attention to the privileges enjoyed by the local government staff or counselors and their relatively high pay. in places where reformist governors and mayors are trying to fight these invested interests, conflicted counselors will be more intense. >> so people becoming more aware of the problems their local governments are facing and they want their elected leaders to do something about them. but if you look at one case, the mayor seems to be in support of it. what do you make of this? >> i think his management style is extreme. what is balanced and institut n institutionally problem mattic. counselors are now criticizing his behavior. however, when he was elected mayor two years ago and re-elected last year, people strongly supported his reform direction and dissemination. his policy was based on the people's desire for more transparent and efficient local government. the counselors have failed to respond to in public opinion. what is a present conflict and

and just as we bring that transparency to the swap market we believe and transparency to the le writing process and i think that that's helpful. our goal was to publish proposed rules this fall. there is a two-step process, proposals and a final rule based on the comments we received. we found it takes four to six months to turnaround from a proposal period, take those comments and get a final rule and that is when you are only doing three or four at a time, and year we have 30 sets of rules, so it might be sounding a bit ambitious but it is wth the congress asked us to do to finish buy july 15th next year and we are human, something certainly will slip but i an't predict which ones will select yet. so, we are going to publish rules this fall, the knicks securities exchange commission and we are aligning as best we can our schedules. we have asked can we take the tough important issues and do it first, and i have to say we don't quite have that luxury. we are going to start with the first meeting october 1st. the agenda items will be including what's called an interim final rule and som

when you talk about transparency, that's downtown transparency in a prosecutor's -- the best counter to transparency in a prosecutor's office is to open up the doors to that office sapped see what is going on. the -- and see what is going on. they have recommended that prosecutors' offices adopt and implement a set of policies and guidelines and recommend that those policies and guidelines be made available to the public but despite these recommendations, the overwhelming majority of prosecutors' offices around the country don't have

will there be transparency there? >> we will be publishing a transparency policy that will be similar of what you ask about, and making clear that people can know who it is senior officials at the treasury meet with. >> going back to you, chairman schapiro. the s.e.c.'s experience in overseeing securities markets in which participants have the choice of several different trading venues, what is each of -- what are you doing to make sure that the cftc has the benefit of the s.e.c.'s expertise in this area? and vice versa, maybe? >> well, chairman, we do have a very different kind of model in the u.s. equity markets that's quite dispersed. there are multiple venues, exchanges, electronic communication networks and even internalization of securities transactions. we think there's a lot of virtue and there's some downside as well, but a lot of virtue to that competitive model. we spent a lot of time talking to the cftc to the extent to which the exchange trading or swap execution facilities that will handle both security-

. >> that governmental committee in rome might call for higher emergency stops and greater transparency and serial transactions. the eu commission wants it extended to control such raw materials trading. others feel that those moves are misguided. >> i would say that is all the same thing happen in oil a while ago. it is a speculators driving it up. in the end, the speculators got burned. you can speculate, but it is a risky game. >> today, the smart money is on agriculture as food demand rises relentlessly. policymakers have been trying to curb speculation. they might end up introducing market controls. bbc news. >> the u.n. -- our guest is here in the gmt studio. explain to me what is going on here. is there genuinely a food shortage? is this about profiteering? >> the harvests of 2010 have been quite good. it is among the best of the past five years. >> why it's wheat at a two-year high? >> it shows how the markets are. there are some that harvests -- bad harvests in russia and canada. the traders panicked. this creates a situation that is quite irrational. it is detached from the fu

transparent networks, managed in ways that are clear to all users.e support the fcc's plan to bring high-speed internet to everyone in america by 2020. and we are committed to keeping the internet working, as the economic engine that's creating jobs now. working together, investing, keeping information and ideas flowing freely, we can ensure that the internet will continue to grow and influence the future... in ways we can only imagine. because the future has always been our business. at&t. >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> ♪ >> straight ahead, the people of spoken and this morning it looks like mayor adrian fenty is out of a job. good morning, washington. it is wednesday, september 15. >> i'm alison starling, we are so by your joining us. we have live team coverage of this major upset in a moment, but let's begin as always with traffic and weather, every 10 minutes. at this year with a beautiful morning to tell us about, great day to open the windows and enjoy the fresh air. >> noticeably quote cool this morning

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that is exactly why transparency and consumer empowerment are important. a lot of companies have embraced the notion of not just trying to educate consumers about how behavioral advertising works or what data is collected, but to really show them. when you don't have access to information, you are likely to -- will we have tried to do is to demystify many companies in the advertising industry, an offering tools to give consumers greater transparency to the type of information we have and what we do with it. that is important for companies to do. that will provide some balance to this notion that there is an enormous amount of data that is being used in ways that is not beneficial to consumers. it feels a little more like fear mongering, rather than educating consumers in a constructive way. >> our guest is anne toth, vice president and head of privacy for yahoo! we also have juliana gruenwald. >> at the end of that ad, they urge viewers to call congress and urge congress to pass but do not attract blest, which is similar to the do not call list and get unw

we changed the contract to make it more transparent and cohesive, to give michelle and the district more tools on teacher quality. we gave the teachers more tools. we gave the district more tools. the issue in terms of us is to make sure that teachers get the

i am a big believer that just some transparency, just shining a light, raising this to consumers'attention, putting together the website, which we have done, healthcare.gov, that gives people a snapshot of what is available. starting in early october, they will get pricing for those plans. they can do some shopping in comparison. those steps a long will have a positive impact on what rates are being charged. guest: secretary sebelius, you mentioned you are writing this regulation it currently. what kind of support is the department -- is the administration is giving to states to hold down these increases? guest: we recently asked states to come forward and if they had a proposal for an enhanced rate reviews strategy we would provide grants up to $1 million dollars to fund those. we had about 48 states who have strategies, everything from a broadening their legislative authority, of hiring additional staff, hiring actuaries, putting together transparent websites, strategies that would be enormous consumer helps. when we talk about these rate increases, when we talk about consumer assistance

we have fought for transparency and public accountability at the community access station. when you rejected, the rules committee rejected the additional money, $375,000 previously, to previous meeting on this issue, you said you were concerned about transparency and accountability. of vaback. that's a legitimate concern. others have spoke to that. it turns out that in fact this issue has not been resolved. a complaint was filed with the sunshine commission over the violation of the sunshine ordinance. because they were not providing documents to members of the public and users of community access. the commission after listening to the report voted that, in fact, vaback violated the ordinance, had not provided documentation. i don't think that bodes well for giving them another $375,000. one of the things about the studio, the big studio, they spent $695,000, including capital money, to shut down the station which was built at a cost of $1 millionle to move to vaback. they did this under the city saying they would only provide $170,000 in operating expenses. however that st

there should be transparency. the difference between someone is offering and what someone is willing to sell, with transparency, you would narrow the spread. that is better for the system. >> when you say bonds, what is the difference between a bond and stock? what's a bond -- will typically be a collateral holding. if a company goes bust, the equity shareholders are wiped out but the bond owns the capital of the company. you will know you are getting a 5% and out for a stated period. it is a company borrowing and you are financing the borrowing of the company. a stock is the equity of the company. your sharing on the upside. it is a higher risk vehicle and a bond is a lower risk vehicle. equities are more transparent and bonds. it is kind of crazy. >> how did she learn that? when did you learn that? what's i think most people know the difference between a stock and bond. >> you went to work as an analyst. when did you start learning the language? how do you recommend somebody who is totally confused by all of thi

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cannot be free fair and transparent and afghanistan and . this is the big concern of the people of afghanistan and the separate same time the result of this election will not give it to legitimacy to next parliament because in many parts of the cantar the country the polling stations are war closed due to taliban taliban threats and we can say just that this election was held among the. twenty per cent of the people voters. in afghanistan just two n.t. person of eligible people could go to a polling station to vote if i may just jump in for a moment given that the two thousand and nine elections will proceed with violence and violence again this time around surely the american imposed version of democracy is not working whilst. exactly. democratic process in afghanistan has failed. the people of afghanistan as i mentioned. options have to go to polling stations and they have to use the. political process because i think that the political process in afghanistan in the democratic process afghanistan. the problem of the people and bad the prob

the international community that they are supporting democratic process they are supporting the transparency in their government and anti corruption policies these are all. deceived mixed feelings because in has not been perceived with seriousness these messages in it is damaging to their credibility of the international community and i think unless we have the people of afghanistan in our side in fighting against insurgency i don't see an end to it i don't see a sect says so. with the failed part in their failed national government. that will not be. failures of the national government cannot be said to do with more troops from outside sources from outside more energy and more support from outside this is the situation that afghans are to start with and the international community should also start. if that so-called status quo remains in afghanistan do you think that western style democracy can never work on the inside violence is running on the streets of kabul and across the country. i will say that as i had predicted before the presidential elections last year that if the same situation

does this bill point toward use of information technology and more transparency? yeah. could anybody in this room improve it? absolutely. it doesn't go to a lot of the public health metrics. so yeah it could be better but it's a good start. >> but from the point of view of the person purchasing health insurance on the independent market or the small business purchasing insurance, there will be an exchange which is like a market where you can go in and compare how much it's going to cost you to purchase that bronze plan, platinum plan, and then you can -- if everything else is held constant you can choose the best policy from the company that's doing you, what the market is supposed to do. is this -- it's very expensive administratively to have a market exchange like this. this is the system we've chosen. it's been tested in other states and it does work. >> that will have to be our final thought. that's all the time we have. thank you all for sharing your insights. it's been very interesting. [applause] >> the texas lyceum is a nonpartisan organization that works to ide

transparent networks, managed in ways that are clear to all users. we support the fcc's plan to bring high-speed internet to everyone in america by 2020. and we are committed to keeping the intern working, as the economic engine that's creating jobs now. working together, investing, keeping information anideas flowing eely, we can ensure that the internet will continue to grow and influence the future... in ways we can only imagine. beuse the future has always been our business. at&t. >>> new jersey police are sench searing for the gunman who opened fire, killing a virginia student. shottings happened early yesterday morning inside a house near the campus. a 19-year-old died. witnesses say a man tried to rash the party. theyhrew him out and he came back with a gun. >> guy came back with a gun, started shooting. so packed in a little place. >> meanwhile, the four who were hurt are expected to be okay. >>> tonight, we are hear frg a guy who survived shark attack nearby. it happened friday afternoon at virginia beach. he and his friends were surfing in

if someone hires 10-b, that is transf transparent like the rest of your government, someone can ask, who highered the 10-b, what the service was for, and how much it costs. here is the difference between the patrol spernls operating under the city. they want their client lists to be private. that's ok. it is ok for a private sten to bapt to stay private, but they sl be doing so under the prifescombriff of the private companies -- under the private companies of the -- if women want to remain private, you can't do so under this city's government. it is all transpearnt. president marshall: is there anything else? commissioner dejesus: no. president marshall: for me, again, we have had this come up. for a while. the fundamental issues you pointed out are really eye-opening. its fundamental piece, very, very revealing here. i tell you this, i appreciate the report making a recommendation, and i appreciate the tiered recommendation that you made. then you made some interim recommendations. it does give the commission some thoughts. we will look at it again. i personally want to thank you f