Sign up for the Open Government eNewsletter
We warmly welcome your thoughts on og-blog and especially welcome your emails with suggested postings and links to interesting stories and court cases. If you have something to say about open government in Washington State, sending it to og-blog is probably the best way to get it out. Don’t hesitate to contact us at greg@overstreet-law.com.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Obama Administration Failing Three Early Openness Tests

This AP story describes three high-profile requests for information and the Obama's administration's failure to disclose so far.

Sure, the Bush administration was bad on openness, but that doesn't mean the Obama administration will automatically be good. But then again, the Obama administration has been in office about three weeks so the benefit of the doubt still operates in their favor.

For about the next three weeks. Then it will start becoming apparent which path the Obama administration is choosing.