March 14, 2010 – 12:19 pm
So much–again–for increased government transparency:
When he was a senator, Barack Obama pushed through a law setting up a kind of “Google-for-government” website — a one-stop-shop for tracking the $1 trillion handed out in federal contracts.
Obama said the new site would help create a more transparent government.
But now that he is president, Obama’s Office of Management and Budget is responsible for keeping up the website — and government auditors have found deficiencies.
February 22, 2010 – 4:44 pm
No, but maybe a little worse. As Glenn Reynolds might put it, “they told me that if I voted for John McCain, I’d get a third term of George W. Bush. Oh, that it were true!”
January 17, 2010 – 1:02 pm
If Joe Biden didn’t exist, we would have to invent him:
December 6, 2009 – 1:43 pm
The Obama Administration promised us open government. Their delivery, however, has been less than impressive:
November 6, 2009 – 5:44 pm
It is no commitment at all:
Despite its promises of government transparency, the Obama Administration is perfectly happy to keep things opaque when it comes to the activities of organized labor.
I write as someone who agrees in large part with the stance taken on interrogation policy by John McCain. I think that he generally has things quite accurate on the issue.
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
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Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board
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Also tagged Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Cover-Up, George W. Bush, Interrogation Policy, John McCain, Law, National Security, Obama Administration, torture
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April 26, 2009 – 12:28 pm
and it is less than stellar:
Stephen Hayes has the goods on the Obama Administration.
When it comes to the issue of interrogation, I am quite sensitive to and insistent on the need for the United States not to drift into the realm of torture.
February 19, 2009 – 8:35 am
If Recovery.gov is all the openness we’re going to get from the most transparent administration in American history, get ready for a fun four years of not knowing anything about how the triumvirate of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are spending your money.
