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Holding Obama accountable on transparency

Posted in Open government, Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009 Comments

In a guest column on salemnews.com today, Bloomberg News editor-in-chief Matthew Winkler reminds us of the promises of the early days of the Obama administration:
“Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in government,” Barack Obama wrote in a letter to all agency and department heads on his second day as president. “Transparency [...]

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A promising start for fans of open government

Posted in Open government, Politics, Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2009 Comments

It’s only been a day, and we’ll need to see deeds back up words, but you have to like President Obama’s first day decree that federal agencies must be more responsive to requests made by the public under the Freedom of Information Act.
Here’s what Obama said in a memo to agency heads:
“In the face of [...]

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