A nice analysis piece from my pal Jennifer LaFleur:
After eight years of tightened access to government records under the Bush administration, open-government advocates were hopeful when Barack Obama promised greater transparency.
Four years later, did the president keep his promise?
“It’s a mixed bag,” said Patrice McDermott, executive director of OpenTheGovernment.org, a consortium of right-to-know groups. “I think they’ve made progress, but a whole lot more remains to be done.”
The rest of the piece is here.
Filed under: 3. Access law, Transparency Tagged: | Barack Obama, Freedom of Information Act, Open government, ProPublica
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