“As we've noted on the blog, the President has signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. We've also published the DTV Delay Act of 2009.

“The President remains committed to bringing more transparency to government, and in this spirit the White House will continue to publish legislation expected to come to his desk online for public comment as it moves through Congress.”

“As we've noted on the blog, the President has signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. We've also published the DTV Delay Act of 2009.

“The President remains committed to bringing more transparency to government, and in this spirit the White House will continue to publish legislation expected to come to his desk online for public comment as it moves through Congress.”

“As we've noted on the blog, the President has signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. We've also published the DTV Delay Act of 2009.

“The President remains committed to bringing more transparency to government, and in this spirit the White House will continue to publish legislation expected to come to his desk online for public comment as it moves through Congress.”

Where were the current complaining voices during the previous administration? A larger number of people are choosing to be vocal about the shortcomings of this new administration, while at the same time 8 and again 4 years they opted for silence.

However, the previous administration didn't promise transparency. In fact, in several comments attributed to Dick Cheney, they promised the exact opposite – more secrecy, more covert action, all in the name of keeping us secure and free from future terrorist attack. Now, one can argue whether more secrecy and more covert actions do in fact keep us free from terrorist attacks, or whether the loss of transparency is worth the gain in safety, but one can't really accuse the Bush administration of hypocrisy over their opaqueness. Like it or not, the previous administration never promised to be transparent, and time and again asserted the need for increased secrecy in the name of security.

I know this could mean the start of slippery slope and worse comes to worst and we are back at the Bush years. But for once I am glad that the whitehouse.gov has been providing relevant content that matters and affects the life off the people, instead of the adventures of the First Dog.

In all honesty this failure from the new administration is minimal compared to the many, many, many, many (you get the point) mistakes of the previous secretive administration. Which brings me to following point: Where were the current complaining voices during the previous administration? A larger number of people are choosing to be vocal about the shortcomings of this new administration, while at the same time 8 and again 4 years they opted for silence. The people's responsibility is to keep government on check (whether our guy won or not) but for so long we have allowed the politics of fear to drive our decisions. It is time for the people start being intentional, effective, and unapologetic in reclaiming this country of ours from the bottom up. Our city, county, and state leadership must understand they serve the people. Most of us are eager to criticize and bully the federal government, but won't give a second thought to what happens on our backyards. Just some food for thought.

Wait a minute… isn't the ACLU a part of the tiny coterie of transparency fans?

But, yeah, Obama better get on board and wait 5 days.