Where's the transparancy we were promised during Obama's campaign? And where is his missing "Position Paper" on government transparancy?

During the campaign, Obama released a position paper stating his commitment to open government. As president, he said, he would not only insist on transparency in his own administration, he would press Congress to revamp its practices as well.

Obama has no constitutional authority to set rules for Congress, but he suggested he would use his influence to see to it that Congress doesn't conduct its work "in the dead of night and behind closed doors."

In the first major piece of legislation pushed by Obama, transparency was missing.

CLICK HERE for the link to the full article from which I quoted above from the Los Angeles Times entitled "Missing from Congress' stimulus negotiations: transparency."

CLICK HERE for an interesting read on President Obama's take on ethics in government - by shining the light on lobbying, federal contracts, tax breaks and ear marks.


Barack Obama on transparency in government. Mountain View, CA - November 14, 2007.

So what are we to make of all of this?

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