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Does Obama Have A 'Credibility Gap' On Afghanistan?

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama is still working on his big decision: what to do about the Afghanistan war? On Wednesday, he held another Situation Room strate...

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Obama State Secrets Privilege Affidavit Sounds Just Like Bush

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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When Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the "state secrets" privilege to quash a lawsuit alleging illegal National Security Agency spying last Frida...

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Congress Assists In Torture Photo Cover-Up, Lieberman At Center Of Controversy

The American Prospect | Adam Serwer | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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Since 2003, the ACLU has been seeking torture documents through a FOIA lawsuit. In 2005, the Southern District Court of New York ordered the governmen...

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Senators Demand Fewer Secrets, New Transparency Standards

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's new standards for government openness have not trickled down to some agencies, where officials have used special statutes slipped into bills to skirt the Freedom of Information Act, open government advocates said Wednesday.

Efforts to strengthen the 42-year-old law "have been hampered by the increasing use of legislative exemptions that are often sneaked into legislation without debate or public scrutiny," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said.

News organizations and media groups said new legislation was needed to limit the information agencies may keep secret and for how long.

"The secrecy reflex at some agencies remains firmly in place," said Tom Curley, president and chief executive of The Associated Press. And FOIA still contains relatively weak penalties for those that don't meet their disclosure obligations, he said.

"We appreciate the change in policy direction, but the change hasn't yet reached the street," said Curley, testifying on behalf of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a coalition of media groups.

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Obama's Schooling the Bank on Transparency

Chad Dobson | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

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Over the past five months, President Obama has made great strides in improving transparency within the USG. Mr. Zoellick and his team of experts over at the World Bank could stand to learn a thing or two from the U.S. Government.

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Newsweek: Obama Closes Doors On Transparency

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

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As a senator, Barack Obama denounced the Bush administration for holding "secret energy meetings" with oil executives at the White House. But last wee...

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"Realizing Transparency 2.0 Through Social Media"

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Real Time Online Transparency

Michael Klein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

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When lobbying happens, and it is the daily grist of the government mill, the press and public are left in the dark, until if ever something leaks. The president has the power to fix this.

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Private Company Creates Rival To Obama Web Site

The Hill | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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As critics slam the administration's Recovery.gov website for a lack of accessible data, a private company has launched a rival -- Recovery.com. Onvi...

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Beyond Obama's Town Hall

Ari Melber | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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Local events used to be the only way for a president to hear directly from citizens, but network technology has opened up our civic possibilities. It's past time we used these tools to open up the Presidency.

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Ask the President

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama's pledged to make his administration "the most open and transparent in history." This week we are launching a new project to continue that effort: "Ask the President."

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Obama New Media Team off to a Great Start

Craig Newmark | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

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The previous Administration told us they weren't interested in feedback from Americans, and followed through. The Obama team is starting from nothing, and building a team which listens to people and will act.

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Recovery.Gov Getting 3,000 Hits Per Second

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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The website created by the Obama administration to help taxpayers follow the money -- www.recovery.gov -- is becoming a new Internet sensation....

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Sen.-Designee Gillibrand's Transparency Record

Craig Newmark | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

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Gillibrand has a lot more going for her than I thought, she's a genuine practitioner of openness and transparency.

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Fleischer: Obama, Gibbs Won't Bring Transparency

USA Today | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs clashed with reporters Thursday over anonymous sources and access to President Obama, just one day after Obam...

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Keeping Anderson Cooper Honest: How CNN and the Media Flubbed Obama's 2nd Swearing In

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

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The same media that is creating a negative impression of President Obama is saying little about the outgoing administration's widespread destruction of official government records.

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Obama's America: Liberty and Secrecy

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Apart from a generally more open approach to executive transparency and accountability, I have four specific policy recommendations.

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Obama Releases Latest Transparency Tool

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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The Obama transition rolled out a new version of one of its transparency tools on Monday: an updated website that allows interested observers to more ...

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Lynn Sweet Gives Obama 'F' For Transition Transparency

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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The Obama team, pledging the ''most open and transparent transition in history,'' gets and ''A'' for disclosing donors to the Jan. 20 inauguration and...

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Federal Webmasters Onboard for Online Government

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.22.2009 | Media

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Looks like the folks who run Federal web sites got the idea of more effective and honest government years ago, but didn't get heard 'til recently.

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Obama "Open To Questions" From Public

Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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This is pretty interesting: An Obama aide points out to us that the Obama transition team has just rolled out an innovative new feature on its Web sit...

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Change.gov and Cluen: A Case Study in Privacy

Ari Herzog | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

I still hope transparency is possible in the government, but a curious investigation led me down a path to conclude that transparency is the tip of the iceberg and change.gov is not what it seems.

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Obama's Transparent Presidency: Weekly YouTube Addresses

HuffingtonPost.com | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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President-elect Obama's office gave the media a new way to present him as Franklin Roosevelt 2.0 by announcing Friday that it will be posting weekly a...

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Abuse Likely to Continue Under McCain Intelligence Reforms

Frank Naif | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home

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Amazingly, McCain does not recognize secrecy and sole-source contracting as problems in need of urgent resolution and has proposed an even more adventuristic approach to intelligence.

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Obama To Pressure McCain-Palin On Tax Transparency

Politico | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) plans to release 10 years of his tax returns on Friday morning, pressuring his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Pa...

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