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Curious—if secrecy protects small biz, how might public trust in the little guy recover when the ‘big guys’ keep the real secrets?

gao.govU.S. GAO - Corporate Transparency: Treasury Should Address Gaps in Ownership Information Resulting from Expanded ExemptionsU.S. companies aren't usually required to disclose the identities of people who own them. This lack of transparency can be attractive to criminals...

This will (self-evidently) make it easier to evade responsibility for shell companies and hide financial crimes like money laundering. We probably don't need to tell you who benefits from that. 2/5 www.gao.gov/products/gao...

aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

In better news, researchers published an archive of USAID program evaluations, which were taken offline when the administration shut down the agency. These reports contain valuable reports on the effectiveness of (what was) the world’s largest foreign aid system. 3/5 www.aiddata.org/blog/before-...

npr.orgTrump allies vote to weaken protections for historic sites — not just in D.C.A council packed with Trump appointees wants to rewrite historic preservation rules. Critics say that could help him build his D.C. arch faster — and endanger important sites across the country.

In our last update, we covered the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation’s (ACHP) vote to revise Section 106, which requires the federal government to seek public input about construction and development on historic sites. 4/5 www.npr.org/2026/07/23/n...