{"id":792,"date":"2014-11-19T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T18:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/?post_type=announcement&p=792"},"modified":"2015-12-04T18:53:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T18:53:32","slug":"transparify-is-about-to-begin-rating-think-tanks-transparency-credentials","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/onthinktanks.org\/announcement\/transparify-is-about-to-begin-rating-think-tanks-transparency-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparify is about to begin rating think tanks transparency credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post was first posted on the\u00a0Transparify website<\/a>. \u00a0If you have any questions about this post and the rating (as well as the method used), please go to the Transparify website and contact them directly. Also, if you are in a developing\u00a0country and would like to learn more about how think tanks in Latin America, Africa and Asia are doing,\u00a0check out these DIY ratings<\/a>.\u00a0Transparify is one of the initiatives that On Think Tank supports. If you want to know more about these efforts please visit\u00a0On Think Tanks Lab<\/a>.]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Transparify will begin re-rating all 169 think tanks covered in our\u00a0previous survey<\/a>\u00a0of think tank transparency in December 2014. (We may also rate some additional institutions \u2013 so if you were not rated last time, this message may still apply to you.)<\/p>\n

We will use the same\u00a0methodology and rating criteria<\/a>\u00a0as last time to award 0-5 stars. Think tanks receiving four stars are broadly transparent, while those with the maximum of five stars are highly transparent. (Click here to see how you can get five stars.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

There will be only one major change during this rating round. Last time, we published full and detailed rating results only for think tanks in the United States. This time, our report will list every think tank worldwide by name and the number of stars received.<\/p>\n

\u2014TRANSPARIFY ADVISES ALL THINK TANKS TO COMPLETE ANY PLANNED CHANGES IN THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THEY PROVIDE ON THEIR WEBSITES BY SUNDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our raters may miss information uploaded onto websites after this date, and we cannot revisit websites we have already rated due to logistical constraints.<\/p>\n

While Transparify obviously encourages\u00a0all think tanks to make the changes required to achieve a minimum of four stars, this is especially true for those institutions that in early 2014 told us that they would place more information online soon. They were\u00a0highlighted in our 2014 report and data set<\/a>\u00a0as \u201cupdating\u201d and listed on a\u00a0special page<\/a>\u00a0on our website.<\/p>\n

In the United States, six think tanks said they\u00a0would update their disclosure<\/a>:<\/p>\n