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1. Campaign Desk

   WaPo: Where’s the CTO?

   March 2, 2009 10:50 AM

   Back during the campaign, technophiles and transparency advocates were particularly excited by Barack Obama's pledge to appoint a Chief Technology Officer for the federal government. Many hoped that the CTO would pioneer new ways of disseminating information between government and... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   An Incomplete Disclosure

   February 27, 2009 02:34 PM

   After President Obama finished outlining his new Iraq plan in an address this morning at Camp Lejeune—and, for the first time, offering a specific date for combat troop withdrawals—MSNBC returned to its studio for a brief panel discussion on the... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Dover Opening?

   February 26, 2009 02:17 PM

   This afternoon, just after Liz reminded us of the Obama-spurred review of the Pentagon’s rules barring media access to the repatriations of deceased soldiers at Dover Air Force Base, Secretary Gates announced at a press conference that the... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   FOX Business Fights with FOIA

   February 25, 2009 01:25 PM

   By September 23, the federal government was already facing ample criticism over inadequate disclosure of basic information on its ballooning financial bailout efforts. On that day, then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson appeared before the Senate banking committee with some soothing words:... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Tales from the FBI’s Crypt

   February 23, 2009 10:58 AM

   Last Thursday, readers of The Washington Post woke up to find an interesting— but hardly timely—story on the front page of their paper. Joe Stephens, an investigative reporter with three Polk awards to his name, had discovered that,... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Umm, Not Helpful

   February 20, 2009 01:17 PM

   Caroline Kennedy was not the first member of her family to be dismissed for saying "Ummmm" to a member of the press. In 1979, CBS correspondent Roger Mudd sat down with Ted Kennedy on Cape Cod for a major... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Searching for a home, via Chicago

   February 20, 2009 09:28 AM

   Earlier this week, the staff of the Chicago Reader reposted excerpts from a 1972 FAQ-style manifesto the now venerable alt-weekly ran in an early issue. A sampling: Why doesn't the Reader print news? Tom Wolfe wrote us, "The... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Nothing To See Here, Ms. Iseman

   February 19, 2009 04:50 PM

   The New York Times has just posted a “Note to Readers” regarding last year's highly controversial story that included information on John McCain’s relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. Here it is in full: An article published... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   Transparency Sells!

   February 19, 2009 11:54 AM

   A sales sign spotted this morning on Manhattan’s Upper West Side: That would be Obama’s Executive Order 13489, which revoked Bush’s crippling 2001 Presidential Records Act implementation instructions. The... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    Watchdogs and Want Ads

    February 13, 2009 04:48 PM

    Transparency watchers have been keeping an eye on how various versions of the stimulus bill have spelled out what the government's recovery watchdog website will look like, and what kind of data it will offer. Yesterday, POGO obtained an... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Change Has Come To Washington

    February 13, 2009 10:33 AM

    There's a valuable new report out this week from the Project for Excellence in Journalism quantifying the shifting--and in some sectors, shrinking--composition of the DC press corps. Newspaper bureaus, as we've all heard, are shadows of their... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    How did transparency fare in stimulus conference?

    February 12, 2009 01:21 PM

    Although the stimulus conference committee struck a deal yesterday afternoon, there’s still no public rendering of the final agreement as it will be voted on by the House and the Senate. But the Project On Government Oversight has obtained a... Continue reading

13. Campaign Desk

    Pressing On State Secrets

    February 11, 2009 12:24 PM

    After Tom Daschle asked to no longer be considered to become Secretary of Health and Human Services last week, reports indicated that his decision was prompted by a New York Times editorial calling for the former Senate majority leader’s withdrawal.... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    Obama on Recovery.gov

    February 9, 2009 12:38 PM

    Just moments ago, President Obama, in his town hall-style meeting in unemployment-battered Elkhart, Indiana, just fleshed out his views of what Recovery.gov, the administration's own stimulus watching Web site, will be designed to do. "We're actually going to set... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    See-Through Stimulus

    February 6, 2009 03:36 PM

    As the Senate rips pages out of the prospective stimulus bill, the world seems focused on where the money is going to go. Will there be more aid to homebuyers, as Republicans have proposed? Will more infrastructure funding be added?... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Late Filing

    February 5, 2009 11:02 AM

    There's something missing from the top of this New York Times story on how "competing ambitions" for "Washington's financial rewards" and for "public life" shaped Tom Dashcle's post-Senate career. When Tom Daschle said he was quitting his lucrative... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    The Openness Ombudsman

    January 29, 2009 04:34 PM

    Stakeholders in government information policy—academics, lawyers, advocates, officials, and bureaucrats—gathered today at American University’s Washington College of Law to discuss how the Obama administration and the new Congress might lower barriers to information access. Less than ten days after President... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Past Perfect?

    January 28, 2009 09:00 AM

    When President Nixon slunk out of the White House, he wasn’t exactly in a sharing mood. In his fight to keep his records under lock and key, he had history on his side: up to that point, presidential records, from... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Day One: New FOIA Rules

    January 21, 2009 02:40 PM

    Addressing his new White House staff in a ceremony this afternoon, President Barack Obama spoke repeatedly of the importance of open government to his new administration. “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones,” he promised, shortly before... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Openness victory on lost White House emails

    January 14, 2009 10:47 AM

    There's a lot of work going on inside the Bush Administration before it scoots out of office in less than a week, records wise. But this morning a federal judge has just added one more item to the list: handing... Continue reading

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