Sunlight Foundation

Government is becoming more open in fits and starts, a sampling of activists' opinions shows. The much-anticipated Data.gov and a plan to overhaul the much-derided Regulations.gov are a good start, as is the comments process for open government ideas in general, the activists said. The sites are hardly perfect, they said, saying they don't expect perfection. They do expect some basics, though, and at least one critic thinks the Obama Administration is letting the bells and whistles get ahead of simple ideas like providing information that can be found easily.