Comments on: And the Press Want Their Transparency Too . . . http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:24:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Obama’s Next Step on Transparency: A Shortcut | Think Tank West http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/comment-page-1/#comment-62892 Obama’s Next Step on Transparency: A Shortcut | Think Tank West Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:04:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=16161#comment-62892 [...] President Obama’s early moves on government transparency on the Tech Liberation Front blog and here on [...] [...] President Obama’s early moves on government transparency on the Tech Liberation Front blog and here on [...]

]]> By: Andrew Grossman http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/comment-page-1/#comment-65903 Andrew Grossman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:09:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=16161#comment-65903 Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.<br><br>More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=alINrCmj3dgU" rel="nofollow"> more recent article</a>, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests--and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem. Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.

More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a more recent article, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests–and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.

]]> By: Andrew Grossman http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/comment-page-1/#comment-62244 Andrew Grossman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:09:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=16161#comment-62244 Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.<br><br>More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=alINrCmj3dgU" rel="nofollow"> more recent article</a>, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests--and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem. Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.

More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a more recent article, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests–and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.

]]> By: Andrew Grossman http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/comment-page-1/#comment-57804 Andrew Grossman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:09:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=16161#comment-57804 Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.<br><br>More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=alINrCmj3dgU" rel="nofollow"> more recent article</a>, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests--and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem. Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.

More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a more recent article, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests–and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.

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