March 27, 2009

B.H.O.'s record: 0 for 10


Yes, some of us are paying attention.

President Obama promised to make his administration the most open and transparent in history, and taking questions from the public kind of looks like that. But it also kind of looks like a gimmicky, canned publicity stunt, rather than true openness in government.

Real transparency would include fulfilling his campaign promise
to post bills online for five days before signing them. The president has now signed 10 bills into law and not subjected any of them to that five-day public review. --Jim Harper: Canned Transparancy

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