Comments on: The Transparency Dog that Didn’t Bark http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Obama’s Next Step on Transparency: A Shortcut | Think Tank West http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-62632 Obama’s Next Step on Transparency: A Shortcut | Think Tank West Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:15:56 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15718#comment-62632 <p>[...] been following President Obama’s early moves on government transparency on the Tech Liberation Front blog and here on [...]</p> [...] been following President Obama’s early moves on government transparency on the Tech Liberation Front blog and here on [...]

]]> By: Obama’s First Broken Campaign Promise | Think Tank West http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-61498 Obama’s First Broken Campaign Promise | Think Tank West Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:59:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15718#comment-61498 <p>[...] The new administration did not port over the transition’s excellent “Seat at the Table” program, in which documents submitted to the transition team were posted online and subjected to public comment. That failure I called “The Transparency Dog that Didn’t Bark.” [...]</p> [...] The new administration did not port over the transition’s excellent “Seat at the Table” program, in which documents submitted to the transition team were posted online and subjected to public comment. That failure I called “The Transparency Dog that Didn’t Bark.” [...]

]]> By: quanticle http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-66180 quanticle Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:15:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15718#comment-66180 <blockquote>The White House will not be run as openly as the transition was. The agencies, already predisposed against transparency, will see this as a sign of weak commitment and will whittle away even more fiercely at the good sentiments President Obama’s expressed in his transparency memoranda.</blockquote> <p><br></p> <p>One question I have is, "How much of the slowness in establishing transparency can be attributed to hesitancy regarding the transparency requirements, and how much is attributable to other requirements, such as archival requirements?"</p> The White House will not be run as openly as the transition was. The agencies, already predisposed against transparency, will see this as a sign of weak commitment and will whittle away even more fiercely at the good sentiments President Obama’s expressed in his transparency memoranda.


One question I have is, “How much of the slowness in establishing transparency can be attributed to hesitancy regarding the transparency requirements, and how much is attributable to other requirements, such as archival requirements?”

]]> By: quanticle http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-61698 quanticle Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:15:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15718#comment-61698 <blockquote>The White House will not be run as openly as the transition was. The agencies, already predisposed against transparency, will see this as a sign of weak commitment and will whittle away even more fiercely at the good sentiments President Obama’s expressed in his transparency memoranda.</blockquote> <p><br></p> <p>One question I have is, "How much of the slowness in establishing transparency can be attributed to hesitancy regarding the transparency requirements, and how much is attributable to other requirements, such as archival requirements?"</p> The White House will not be run as openly as the transition was. The agencies, already predisposed against transparency, will see this as a sign of weak commitment and will whittle away even more fiercely at the good sentiments President Obama’s expressed in his transparency memoranda.


One question I have is, “How much of the slowness in establishing transparency can be attributed to hesitancy regarding the transparency requirements, and how much is attributable to other requirements, such as archival requirements?”

]]> By: quanticle http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-57808 quanticle Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:15:47 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15718#comment-57808 <blockquote>The White House will not be run as openly as the transition was. The agencies, already predisposed against transparency, will see this as a sign of weak commitment and will whittle away even more fiercely at the good sentiments President Obama’s expressed in his transparency memoranda.</blockquote> <p><br></p> <p>One question I have is, "How much of the slowness in establishing transparency can be attributed to hesitancy regarding the transparency requirements, and how much is attributable to other requirements, such as archival requirements?"</p> The White House will not be run as openly as the transition was. The agencies, already predisposed against transparency, will see this as a sign of weak commitment and will whittle away even more fiercely at the good sentiments President Obama’s expressed in his transparency memoranda.


One question I have is, “How much of the slowness in establishing transparency can be attributed to hesitancy regarding the transparency requirements, and how much is attributable to other requirements, such as archival requirements?”

]]> By: And the Press Want Their Transparency Too . . . | The Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-57796 And the Press Want Their Transparency Too . . . | The Technology Liberation Front Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:30:57 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15718#comment-57796 <p>[...] impediments to transparency, so I don’t count them as Obama administration “steps away from transparency.” But these impediments exist in part because they maintain the obscurity [...]</p> [...] impediments to transparency, so I don’t count them as Obama administration “steps away from transparency.” But these impediments exist in part because they maintain the obscurity [...]

]]> By: Walking Away from Transparency, Step Two | The Technology Liberation Front http://techliberation.com/2009/01/22/the-transparency-dog-that-didnt-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-57778 Walking Away from Transparency, Step Two | The Technology Liberation Front Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:20:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15718#comment-57778 <p>[...] the first full day of the new Obama administration, I wrote here, and later followed up, expressing regret that the Obama White House hadn’t ported the “Seat at the [...]</p> [...] the first full day of the new Obama administration, I wrote here, and later followed up, expressing regret that the Obama White House hadn’t ported the “Seat at the [...]

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