Amanda Pena

This piece is part of our blog series on extractive transparency counting down to the SEC vote on the Cardin-Lugar Amendment. See past coverage here. The Cardin-Lugar Amendment, also known as Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act, requires ALL companies to report, on a country-by-country and project-by-project basis, the non “de minimis” payments they make

This piece is part of our blog series on extractive transparency counting down to the SEC vote on the Cardin-Lugar Amendment. See past coverage here. The Cardin-Lugar Amendment, also known as Section 1504, of the Dodd-Frank Act requires ALL companies to report the payments they make to governments for extracting oil, metals and other minerals.

This piece is part of our blog series on extractive transparency counting down to the SEC vote on the Cardin-Lugar Amendment. See past coverage here. The Cardin-Lugar Amendment, also known as Section 1504, of the Dodd-Frank Act requires ALL companies to report the payments they make to governments for extracting oil, metals and other minerals.

After the Olympics wrap up, the US will once again have the opportunity to take the gold — this time, in setting standards for extractives transparency. In just two weeks, on August 22nd, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will vote on the final rule to implement the Cardin-Lugar Amendment, also known as Section 1504,

A couple of weeks ago, we asked you to call your Senators and urge them to cosponsor S.3266, a bipartisan bill to support US trade with Africa. Well, we have exciting news — your calls made a big difference! Within an hour of each other, this morning, both chambers of the US Congress passed the

Last week, the Senate passed a bipartisan resolution in support of expanding global HIV/AIDS research, prevention and treatment. In addition, the resolution states the Senate’s support for the 19th International AIDS Conference, held this week in Washington, D.C., (the first time the United States has hosted the conference in 22 years). This resolution is a

Last week, we sent out an email to ONE members asking you to call your senators and urge them to co-sponsor a critical trade bill which could save hundreds of thousands of African jobs. S.3326 is a no-cost, bipartisan bill to amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). And you responded big. Nearly 1,000

After more than a year’s delay, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that on August 22, 2012 it will vote on the final rule to implement the Cardin-Lugar Amendment. Also known as Section 1504, part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Cardin-Lugar Amendment requires all companies traded on the N.Y. Stock Exchange to

This week, for National HIV Testing Day, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-07) led by example and got tested for HIV. In volunteering to be screened for HIV, Rep. Lee hopes to bring awareness to the importance of getting tested. Rep. Lee said, “Testing is one of the most crucial and effective tools we have in responding

Please give a warm welcome to Amanda Pena. It is her first time writing for the ONE Blog. She is an intern on ONE’s government relations team. This week, ONE hosted its third delegation of women business leaders from Africa to talk about the benefits of using social media to expand their businesses at “The