White House Watch Archive: Transparency
Baking Transparency Into Government
I'll be off Friday, attending the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Baltimore. Blogging will resume Monday. Something extraordinary happened a few days ago: A White House official actually asked me what sorts of things I needed to know in...
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Dan Froomkin
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June 11, 2009; 12:20 PM ET |
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Too Embarrassing to Disclose?
President Obama's approach to government transparency is disturbingly opaque in places, particularly when it comes to disclosing information about the Bush administration's torture legacy. To his credit, Obama in mid-April released a handful of Justice Department memos that authorized and...
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June 9, 2009; 11:05 AM ET |
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The Highs and Lows of Obama's Big Speech
Obama at the Archives today. (Charles Dharapak/AP) President Obama's rousing speech on national security today served as an important reminder of how far the country strayed after 9/11 from its core values and how important it is for us to...
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May 21, 2009; 1:30 PM ET |
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About Recovery.gov
In his speech yesterday before signing the huge stimulus bill, President Obama said he hopes the Internet will help keep everyone honest. "With a recovery package of this size comes a responsibility to assure every taxpayer that we are being...
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February 18, 2009; 12:45 PM ET |
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Records Wanted
Marisa Taylor writes for McClatchy Newspapers: "The Obama administration, which vowed to usher in a 'new era of openness in our country,' either has delayed action on requests for access to government records or refused to disclose them in three...
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February 12, 2009; 12:19 PM ET |
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The Torture Cover-Up Continues
No change? On something this important? How is this possible? John Schwartz writes in the New York Times: "In a closely watched case involving rendition and torture, a lawyer for the Obama administration seemed to surprise a panel of federal...
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February 10, 2009; 12:14 PM ET |
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