In a move the White House attributed to WikiLeaks, President Obama today signed a new executive order aimed at making the government even more secretive with classified data, nominally “to enhance our national security.” The order calls for the creation of new committees, offices and task forces that will each be doing something to that end. The details are spotty at best, and given the nature of the order it is likely that the American public is not meant to know the full details.
Goal: "Continue to respect the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of the American people."
How slimy can you get before transforming into a Frothing Green Nazi Blob From Hell killing everyone?
Let the cover-ups begin!
Transparency and Open Government
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
SUBJECT: Transparency and Open Government
My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find and use. Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the public. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the public.
Government should be participatory. Public engagement enhances the Government's effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions. Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge. Executive departments and agencies should offer Americans increased opportunities to participate in policymaking and to provide their Government with the benefits of their collective expertise and information. Executive departments and agencies should also solicit public input on how we can increase and improve opportunities for public participation in Government.
Government should be collaborative. Collaboration actively engages Americans in the work of their Government. Executive departments and agencies should use innovative tools, methods, and systems to cooperateamong themselves, across all levels of Government, and with nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals in the private sector. Executive departments and agencies should solicit public feedback to assess and improve their level of collaboration and to identify new opportunities for cooperation.
I direct the Chief Technology Officer, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Administrator of General Services, to coordinate the development by appropriate executive departments and agencies, within 120 days, of recommendations for an Open Government Directive, to be issued by the Director of OMB, that instructs executive departments and agencies to take specific actions implementing the principles set forth in this memorandum. The independent agencies should comply with the Open Government Directive.
This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transp…
What a different 3 years make, eh?
>Government should be transparent. Government should be participatory. Government should be collaborative.<
So now Young Barack wants to be "transparent" in his motives for protecting the public from all that Govt information that could be used to criticize his adminstration. Next, you know he'll reactivate the draft so that young men will be forced to "participate" in his wars. And he "collaborates" with his billionaire banking friends expecting collaborative campaign contributions in return….
This is why he should have never been president and should loose bad to the only real person running witch is Ron Paul.American need Paul Dr Paul he has followed the constitution to the T thourgh his entire political carear.And is the only one that can't be bought and paid for.When Bibi was here and congresas treated him like a GOD well making Obama look very bad.The congreesss need to be replaced not all but many atually from the things we seen with are own eyes most.We have brains GOD given and even if you don't belive you know we have the brains needed for change withch we that pay attension no only Ron Paul will bring.Ron Paul 2012
Why not build a wall around the WH so the people cannot give it the "evil eye."