There are already a number of Executive Branches that are using Web 2.0 tech to reach out to the broader... View Article
Continue readingTech Liberation Front on Transparency
Yesterday, I participated in my first skype conversation, a podcast interview hosted by Berin Szoka, of the Tech Liberation Front.... View Article
Continue readingMemorandum on FOIA
Since the Memorandum on FOIA and Government Transparency are not yet posted at WhiteHouse.gov, I thought I would post them... View Article
Continue readingPresident Obama’s Day Two Promise to Increase Transparency
On Day Two, President Obama issued new Executive Orders and memoranda — including an Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by... View Article
Continue readingPresident Obama Issues New Transparency Policies
(adapted from an Open House Project Google Group message) President Obama has stepped to the plate today, and addressed many... View Article
Continue readingEncouraging More Early Actions
Encouraged by several openness and transparency steps taken by the Obama – Biden transition team, the Center for Democracy &... View Article
Continue readingUnimaginative FOIA Questions from GAO
sigh. The GAO has compiled an enormous document to help the Senate confirm political appointees, and has created sample questions... View Article
Continue readingObama and Affirmative Disclosure
The Obama transition team released two new policies this week, a Creative Commons license and a radical disclosure policy. These... View Article
Continue readingFinancial Bailout: Will Geithner Comply with Bloomberg’s FOIA Request?
It's old news now: yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama announced he was picking Timothy Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as his Treasury Secretary.
Geithner's New York Fed, according to Bloomberg.com, has been "accepting [securities from banks] on behalf of American taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion of loans. (Bear in mind that link is several weeks old, and, due to rounding and additional bailouts, may be off by a trillion dollars or two).
Bloomberg filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act for documents related to that $1.5 trillion ...
Continue readingTransition Recommendations
Lots of folks are starting to think about the transition to a new Administration. We know of at least 2... View Article
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