Though he took office promising his administration would be "the most open and transparent in history," President Barack Obama has failed to deliver on that promise, according to some open-government advocates. "Obama is the sixth administration that's been in office since I've been doing Freedom of Information Act work," said Washington attorney Katherine Meyer. "It's kind of shocking to me to say this, but of the six, this administration is the worst on FOIA issues.
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As a candidate for president, Barack Obama promised to lead the most open, most transparent administration in history. He has not kept that promise. Time and again, members of his administration have failed to keep faith with the Am... Read Post
On March 28, 2011, a group of leading ransparency advocates presented Barack Obama with an award for his efforts to open up government. The president who took office promising “an unprecedented level of openness in government” was g... Read Post
During the May 20 edition of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart brought up President Barack Obama's unfulfilled 2009 promise to "create a seamless, computerized Veterans' health records system." After covering the subject for half a s... Read Post