This is a good place to start my blog which for the time being will focus on extractive industry transparency issues that I am following as a new civil society board member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). About me: I created a project several years ago, the Caspian Revenue Watch which eventually evolved into what is now the Revenue Watch Institute

I am posting a letter sent by several US members of congress and Senators to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The letter argues for vigorous support of EITI and the US role in it. I think this is an important statement demonstrating that there is growing awareness and political will in the United States to back EITI.