Thursday, January 29, 2009

Transparency in the White House

The Obama Administration has promised to be transparent, which means that they will make their decisions public. They have promised, for example to post all non-emergency legislation online before Obama signs it in order to gather comments from the public.

Apparently they didn't do this for the Ledbetter bill signed today and this guy is upset about it.

As a point of comparison, here's a list of some secret memos from the Bush Administration that have been made public recently. Secrecy was then considered to be an essential way to act effectively. Perhaps, but it invites abuse.

Which way should the president err?