Government of, by and for Us !
Posted by Carolan Gladden at 1/24/2009 9:30 AM 
Categories: New Administtation, Bush Administration, Ideals, Obama
Categories: New Administtation, Bush Administration, Ideals, Obama
"Transparency and the rule of law will be the
touchstones of this presidency," Obama said. "Our commitment to
openness means more than simply informing the American people about how
decisions are made. It means recognizing that government does not have
all the answers and that public officials need to draw on what citizens
know."
So quotes Radio Free Europe online and many other international news sources, as with the stroke of a pen in his left hand, President Obama froze salaries of top aides, limited the influence of lobbyists, and opened government agencies to public scrutiny. He called the Freedom of Information Act -- which the Bush Administration turned on its head -- "perhaps the most powerful instrument we have for making our government honest and transparent, and for holding it accountable." He said he expects members of his administration to carry out not just the letter, but the spirit, of the law.
Yes, change keeps coming! And change in the way Washington operates and making government accountable to us, the American people, is paramount!
Read it all: http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Moves_Quickly_To_Open_Government_To_Scrutiny_Close_Guantanamo/1373714.html
Positively,
Carolan
So quotes Radio Free Europe online and many other international news sources, as with the stroke of a pen in his left hand, President Obama froze salaries of top aides, limited the influence of lobbyists, and opened government agencies to public scrutiny. He called the Freedom of Information Act -- which the Bush Administration turned on its head -- "perhaps the most powerful instrument we have for making our government honest and transparent, and for holding it accountable." He said he expects members of his administration to carry out not just the letter, but the spirit, of the law.
Yes, change keeps coming! And change in the way Washington operates and making government accountable to us, the American people, is paramount!
Read it all: http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Moves_Quickly_To_Open_Government_To_Scrutiny_Close_Guantanamo/1373714.html
Positively,
Carolan
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