This section provides access to TI-USA policy and advocacy positions, including public statements, testimony and speeches. TI-USA develops its policy and advocacy positions in consultation with leading experts in the anti-corruption field, partner organizations, and TI chapters around the world, based on our technical expertise and on-the-ground knowledge of key issues involved in combating corruption.
TI-USA Calls for Accountability of TARP Funds: TI-USA sent a letter to Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, requesting Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner address concerns about the accountable management of TARP funds during his confirmation hearings.
TI-USA Meets with U.S. “Sherpa” on G20 on financial crisis: TI-USA President Nancy Boswell met with Michael Froman, the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, on March 19, 2009, to emphasize the need for the G20 and G8 to focus on anti-corruption by enforcing foreign bribery prohibitions and increasing corruption risk management in export credit and development assistance.
Commitments: TI-USA called on the U.S. Sherpa to the G8, Michael Froman, to promote prompt action and accurate reporting on prior anti-corruption commitments made each year as part of the Summit process, including implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and the UNCAC, and ensuring the transparency of the financial markets.
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