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PROMISES, PROMISES: Little transparency progress

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PROMISES, PROMISES: Little transparency progress - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – Two years into its pledge to improve government transparency, the Obama administration took action on fewer requests for federal records from citizens, journalists, companies and others last year even as significantly more people asked for information. The administration disclosed at least some of what people wanted at about the same rate as the previous year.

People requested information 544,360 times last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act from the 35 largest agencies, up nearly 41,000 more than the previous year, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of new federal data. But the government responded to nearly 12,400 fewer requests.

The Obama administration censored 194 pages of internal e-mails about its Open Government Directive that the AP requested more than one year ago. The December 2009 directive requires every agency to take immediate, specific steps to open their operations up to the public. But the White House Office of Management and Budget blacked-out entire pages of some e-mails between federal employees discussing how to apply the new openness rules, and it blacked-out one e-mail discussing how to respond to AP's request for information about the transparency directive.

AP's analysis showed that the odds a government agency would search its filing cabinets and turn over copies of documents, e-mails, videos or other requested materials depended mostly on which agency produced them — and on a person's patience. Willingness to wait — and then wait some more — was a virtue. Agencies refused more routinely last year to quickly consider information requests deemed especially urgent or newsworthy, agreeing to conduct a speedy review about 1-in-5 times they were asked. The State Department granted only 1 out of 98 such reviews; the Homeland Security Department granted 27 out of 1,476. The previous year the government overall granted more than 1-in-4 such speedy reviews.


The Most Non-Transparent and Corrupt administration to ever stain the Whitehouse........which wasnt at all surprising.....considering it slithered out of the cesspool of corruption that is ****cago.

The article, facts, stats speak for themselves......its a reading of the nightmare this country is living. But the waking moment from this bad dream comes at the end, in the comments section. After reading through a great deal of them, I couldnt find one in support of the most non-transparent president in history. But I found a plethora of people who admitted they voted for Obama, and now realize they only voted for more of the HusSame. Change We Can SEE and Believe In......comes in 2012......when the reign of The Kenyan Tyrant comes to an end.
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it all comes down to character
 
The Most Non-Transparent and Corrupt administration to ever stain the Whitehouse........which wasnt at all surprising.....considering it slithered out of the cesspool of corruption that is ****cago.

The article, facts, stats speak for themselves......its a reading of the nightmare this country is living. But the waking moment from this bad dream comes at the end, in the comments section. After reading through a great deal of them, I couldnt find one in support of the most non-transparent president in history. But I found a plethora of people who admitted they voted for Obama, and now realize they only voted for more of the HusSame. Change We Can SEE and Believe In......comes in 2012......when the reign of The Kenyan Tyrant comes to an end.
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.......Joe Wilson is owed an apology......


Here's hoping you are not surprised that you idea of transparency and openness doesn't quite match the reality of Obama.

Most people I know were aware when he said this it was just another of his lies, and he had no intention to be either open or transparent.
 
Cancelled Award Ceremony Highlights Obama

When the White House abruptly cancelled an event at which President Obama was slated to receive an award for promoting government transparency, no reason was offered beyond “changes to the president's schedule.”...

At the daily press briefing Wednesday, held before the transparency award ceremony was canceled, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Obama was a deserving recipient because he has “demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness… greater than any administration has shown in the past.”...

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, compared Obama receiving an award for transparency to the president receiving the Nobel Peace prize after being in office 12 days...

Ironically, the canceled event was offered to the press only as a “pool spray” – media speak for a limited number of journalists allowed to enter a room for a short amount of time to record video and take pictures -- as opposed to allowing open media access.
 
Award.... that's ****in' funny right there.
 
Another Peace Prize? I hear you don't have to do much for those.
 
Cancelled Award Ceremony Highlights Obama

When the White House abruptly cancelled an event at which President Obama was slated to receive an award for promoting government transparency, no reason was offered beyond “changes to the president's schedule.”...

At the daily press briefing Wednesday, held before the transparency award ceremony was canceled, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Obama was a deserving recipient because he has “demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness… greater than any administration has shown in the past.”...

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, compared Obama receiving an award for transparency to the president receiving the Nobel Peace prize after being in office 12 days...

Ironically, the canceled event was offered to the press only as a “pool spray” – media speak for a limited number of journalists allowed to enter a room for a short amount of time to record video and take pictures -- as opposed to allowing open media access.

Was it scheduled for April 1st? :)
 
Fortunately Americans have helped Obama stay transparent against his wishes.
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For all the work progressives have done to dumb America down, they've only managed to dumb themselves down. And even they aren't dumb enough to buy the Obama myth anymore.
 
today:

White House officials have banished one of the best political reporters in the country from the approved pool of journalists covering presidential visits to the Bay Area for using now-standard multimedia tools to gather the news.

The Chronicle's Carla Marinucci - who, like many contemporary reporters, has a phone with video capabilities on her at all times -shot some protesters interrupting an Obama fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel.

Update: Chronicle responds after Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia, then claims they didn't : Bronstein at Large

phil bronstein, editor of the ultra lib chron, actually called in this morning to hottalk560, ksfo, uber right home of rush (it's 11:00, time for welfare recipients to GET UP) and sean, to complain

the editor is particularly peeved by the president's playing up its "social media" savvy, especially this week's suck up to zuckerberg

use your cell phone to record gay rights protesters at the slasher's fundraiser---you're outta the pool, baby

transparency, anyone?
 
The Most Non-Transparent and Corrupt administration to ever stain the Whitehouse........which wasnt at all surprising.....considering it slithered out of the cesspool of corruption that is ****cago.
Hmm, I think you bias is showing. LMAO!!!

The article, facts, stats speak for themselves......its a reading of the nightmare this country is living. But the waking moment from this bad dream comes at the end, in the comments section. After reading through a great deal of them, I couldnt find one in support of the most non-transparent president in history. But I found a plethora of people who admitted they voted for Obama, and now realize they only voted for more of the HusSame. Change We Can SEE and Believe In......comes in 2012......when the reign of The Kenyan Tyrant comes to an end.

......Joe Wilson is owed an apology......

Yeah, people tend to change their mind about every president, like they did Bush when he left office.

According to a FOX News poll taken during Bush's final full week in office, 34 percent of Americans say they approve of the job he is doing -- his highest positive rating since December of 2007.
 
a few hours later:

Update: In a pants-on-fire moment, the White House press office today denied anyone there had issued threats to remove Carla Marinucci and possibly other Hearst reporters from the press pool covering the President in the Bay Area.

Chronicle editor Ward Bushee called the press office on its fib:

"Sadly, we expected the White House to respond in this manner based on our experiences yesterday. It is not a truthful response. It follows a day of off-the-record exchanges with key people in the White House communications office who told us they would remove our reporter, then threatened retaliation to Chronicle and Hearst reporters if we reported on the ban, and then recanted to say our reporter might not be removed after all.

"The Chronicle's report is accurate.

"If the White House has indeed decided not to ban our reporter, we would like an on-the-record notice that she will remain the San Francisco print pool reporter."

I was on some of those calls and can confirm Ward's statement.

Update: Chronicle responds after Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia, then claims they didn't : Bronstein at Large

that's bronstein talking, a pretty big name here in the bay area, calling barack the slasher hussein a liar

it all comes down to character
 
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President Obama today met King Abdullah of Jordan in the Oval Office -- statements, no questions. Still, it was better than last week's meeting with the NATO leader: No pool, no statements, no questions, no photos.

Yesterday, Obama met with flood victims and first responders in Memphis. That was a total lockout and the White House took up pool reporting duties, distributing details of the president's closed-door meetings that reporters had to take on faith, or not at all.

The president hasn't taken questions from the press since April 5, and then he only called on four reporters.

That was during the budget impasse, and since then we've seen the birth certificate, the end of Osama bin Laden, a deficit crisis looming, a big immigration reform push, the resignation of his Mideast peace envoy and more -- all without questions, all government-by-press-release.

this is roger simon's officially drug tested, professional leftist members of journolist talkin, here

this president appears AFRAID to address america on anyone's turf but his own

more power to him, but do you think it's smart

the journolisters, in addition to noting our budget crisis, for which the united states senate has not produced an itemized blueprint in two years

as well as recalling the assassination and the certificate and the phony immigration push the slasher made in el paso, where he scoffed at his detractors on the borders, suggesting they import some alligators...

or something

the journolisters might as well have noted libya, the broader middle east, gas prices, the thousand plus waivers from obamacare, most for friends like reid and pelosi...

it is what it is

govt by press release

the most insular, insecure white house in memory

transparency, anyone?
 
The Most Non-Transparent and Corrupt administration to ever stain the Whitehouse........which wasnt at all surprising.....considering it slithered out of the cesspool of corruption that is ****cago.

The article, facts, stats speak for themselves......its a reading of the nightmare this country is living. But the waking moment from this bad dream comes at the end, in the comments section. After reading through a great deal of them, I couldnt find one in support of the most non-transparent president in history. But I found a plethora of people who admitted they voted for Obama, and now realize they only voted for more of the HusSame. Change We Can SEE and Believe In......comes in 2012......when the reign of The Kenyan Tyrant comes to an end.
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......Joe Wilson is owed an apology......


Hey, ain't that great? Obama following in Bush's precedences. Just imagine how well the next presidents butt will be covered. I suppose Obama's records will be sealed for 25 years, just so cons don't get upset & have a coronary...........LMAO!:lamo
 
White House shuts out Herald scribe - BostonHerald.com

White House shuts out Herald scribe

The White House Press Office has refused to give the Boston Herald full access to President Obama’s Boston fund-raiser today, in e-mails objecting to the newspaper’s front page placement of a Mitt Romney op-ed, saying pool reporters are chosen based on whether they cover the news “fairly.”

“I tend to consider the degree to which papers have demonstrated to covering the White House regularly and fairly in determining local pool reporters,” White House spokesman Matt Lehrich wrote in response to a Herald request for full access to the presidential visit

The Most Non-Transparent Administration in history.........
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Amidst the news that 38 of the 204 Obamacare waivers approved in April went to posh entertainment venues in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s district, new questions about the Obama administration’s transparency pledge have arisen.

Although the administration has approved more than 1,300 Obamacare waivers and published the recipients’ application information online, it has not made public which companies and other entities have been denied waivers and why they were denied.

Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) won’t release that information, nor will they publicly release the identities of those still waiting for a decision. HHS won’t even say how many applications are in the queue.

Obamacare Waivers | Health Care | Transparency | The Daily Caller

who all applied for waivers?

who's been turned down?

why are some waived and others not?

and what kinda pull from which prominent participants might have played a part?

are citizens entitled to answers to such questions?

NOT in obama's america

if obamacare is the answer why do so many (including pelosi, reid and anthony i-wanna-waiver weiner) want out?

are you proud, progressives?

party on
 
It's hard to be transparent when you're busy withdrawing troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, shutting down Gitmo, ending the Bush tax cuts, and improving our image around the world.
 
another shining example of how phony this guy is.
Corrupt, phony, arrogant, a liar, cluless beyond explanation..

Integrity starts at the top, last Dem before him bedded a child in the oval office, while his wife slept on the other end of the house, and to this day is still admired by the base.

And I suppose the current ass clown will be treated the same.

he's ripe for a beat down in "12",
BUT
the right still has to offer a good candidate, or I summize the same crowd will vote lockstep, again.
We can only hope this great country can survive through it, not looking good.
 
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