States of Disclosure
ORGANISATION
DESCRIPTION
This tool assesses disclosure requirements in U.S. state legislatures, based on a 43-question survey that examines filing requirements, public accessibility, and enforcement procedures. Answers to the survey are gathered by examining state statutes and disclosure forms, and interviewing state ethics officers. Survey answers are assigned a numerical value adding up to a possible 100 points; the highest scores reflect the highest degree of disclosure. The tool is an adaptation of the Center's first-ever ranking, "Hidden Agendas", published in 1999.
PURPOSE
Awareness-raising and policy dialogue
FOCUS
Anti-Corruption (In law)
Anti-Corruption (In practice)
Sector / Institution
Legislature / Parliament
Topic
Political finance / Elections
LEVEL
Sub-national
PERIODICITY
Irregular
FIRST USED
pre 2000
METHODOLOGY
Quantitative
DATA COLLECTION METHOD
Key informant interviews
Checklist/questionnaire
Secondary sources
LANGUAGE
English
REGIONS
Americas
COUNTRIES
United States