Transparency: California Dems Halt Effort to Make Unions Disclose How Money Is Spent

(Hat tip: KimR) - California union workers will continue to be in the dark about how their dues are spent after a bill that would’ve forced unions to post this information online was killed along a party-line vote. Read more at Townhall.com Read More......

The Secretive, Underground Obama Administration

(Hat tip: KimR) - Barack Obama promised that his would be the most transparent administration in history. In reality it is the most furtive White House the country has ever seen. The Obama administration has tried to operate in the dark as much as possible, outside the light of day and in the shadows of deceit. Read more at Investor's Business Daily Read More......

The Most Transparent and the Most Dishonest

This is a tale about "the most transparent administration in history." We thank President Obama for that description, for we were momentarily at a loss about how to describe the executive branch during his tenure. On Friday, the most transparent administration in history's State Department released a batch of emails from Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state. More interesting than what they contained - it was the usual batch of previously denied classified material -  was that they landed on sleepy reporters' desks at 1 o'clock in the morning.

Read more at the Washington Free Beacon
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Obama Admin Will Not Reveal to Congress Number of Americans Killed By Iran

The Obama administration is declining to inform Congress about the number of American citizens and troops killed by Iran and its terror proxies, according to a document provided to Congress and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. --The administration was repeatedly asked by Congress to release figures describing how many Americans and Israelis have been killed by Iran’s military and terror activities since the country’s 1979 revolution.

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White House Office of Administration drops transparency regulation on freedom of information day

The White House Office of Administration on Monday announced it's deleting regulations subjecting it to the Freedom of Information Act seven years after a federal judge ruled the office doesn't have to comply with the law.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled in June 2008 the Office of Administration was not subject to FOIA regulations because it doesn't employ "the type of substantial independent authority that the D.C. Circuit has found sufficient to make an (executive office of the president) component an agency under the FOIA."  The Office of Administration provides administrative support and business services to the president's executive office.

Read more at UPI
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Jack Cafferty Rips Obama on Failed Openness Pledge

(Hat tip: Stella Guenther, via email/Subject: CNN appears to be waking up)

PoliJAM, 1/6/2010 - CNN’s Liberal Jack Cafferty Rips Obama’s Failed Openness Pledge as ‘Just Another Lie Told for Political Expediency’: Wow! When liberal Jack Cafferty is ripping the Democratic president as harshly as he did today you know that things are really going downhill for President Obama. ∴ During his ‘Cafferty File’ segment, the CNN commentator tore into the president for his failed attempt to even make “a token effort to keep his campaign promises of more openness and transparency in government.” Read more at PoliJAM's blog...

Jack Cafferty has even worse to say about Nancy Pelosi. In fact he calls her a "horrible woman." Read More......

Simon: Scott Brown and Jim Webb set an example

ROGER L. SIMON, PAJAMAS MEDIA, 1/19/2009 - In the wildly partisan environment of American politics, two men didn’t sound like crazed ideologues tonight. One of them we all saw was Scott Brown. The other, reacting like a grownup to the will of the voters, was Democratic Senator (VA) Jim Webb, who wrote these eloquent words:

In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process. It is vital that we restore the respect of the American people in our system of government and in our leaders. To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated.

Too bad Webb isn’t the leader of his party and not that endless parade of sleaze-merchants appearing on TV tonight blaming Martha Coakley. This was a much more significant election that that. Read more at Roger L. Simon's Blog... Read More......

Greg Walden: Time for transparency in Congress

10/1/2009 - Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) talks with Greta Van Susteren about the discharge petition to force a vote on H. Res. 554, which would give the press, public, and members of Congress 72 hours to read and understand legislation before it's voted on. Track the progress of the petition at www.wethepeoplecanread.org.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: At this writing, Rep. Walden is the only congressman from Oregon who has signed H. Res. 554. Rep. DeFazio is a co-sponsor but has not signed it. Please check www.wethepeoplecanread.org and make calls to Oregon's representatives and urge them to sign the petition. You can find contact information under Resources on this site. Read More......

Congressional transparency?

TWITTER: "What Happens When 83% of Americans want Congress to disclose legislation before voting, but Congress doesn't want to disclose?" --James P. Pinkerton Read More......