What do you think the Obama administration's priorities for transparent government should be? 27 Articles

by Bai Maleiha

President-elect Barack Obama's entry into the national mainstream of US politics has addressed two issues that confront the people of the United States: the desire for change and the issue of racial equality. We are all aw...read more

by Gloria Straight

A translucent government sounds good, but is it what America really wants? No, doubt the media would love it. Always a controversy of some sorts would be taking place, invigorating new material for their publication in pri...read more

by Rosemarie Dundon

June 24, 2009 Dear Mr. President, Senators, Councilmembers and Staff: I write with a great sense of urgency it behooves me to communicate my personal gratitude, volition and sense of your scope of governance. You don't ...read more

by Theresa Carbone

As with any new election, corruption issues come to light. The new president wants to change the way our country is run, especially when changing from democratic to republican. A transparent government is a means of fighti...read more

by TS Aschenge

Politics is the echo chamber of our latent obsessions. It is the sum total of our collective cultural worldview, and every single grain of rice that we consume. It speaks from heart of the nation, while standing garishly p...read more

by Rick Badman

The Obama Administration is far from transparent unless you count windows caked with mud as transparent. He shuts out those who oppose him like Fox News and don't like hard questions that will force him to take a stand. ...read more

by Donna Burt

While the election of a new president always brings to light those things Americans feel the need to change, the campaign alone demonstrates each candidate's focus on those factors. The difference in the recent election ha...read more

by Jack Rosdale

- What is at stake? - President-elect Obama faces many daunting challenges as he prepares to take office. In particular, there is one word with which he most captured the attention and imagination of supporters: change. H...read more

by Linda Gehring

One simple answer to the question above would be to return our country to it's Constitutional roots. A government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" and accountable to those whom it serves does not provide...read more

by Marvina Randle

A transparent government is a government that tells the truth and provides public access to that truth. However, can we handle the truth, or is it too scary? Some American's would move to another country if they knew the...read more

by William Jordan

What do you think the Obama administration's priorities for transparent government should be? Transparent what type of government would that be a government that was visible at all time visible? No! A government free fro...read more

by Lo Turner

Barack Obama was elected on November 4th not just because he has good policy ideas, smart and savvy people running his campaign (and now his transition), or because the vast majority of citizens of this country are dissati...read more

by EJ Englin

January 20, 2009 will mark the end of one administration and the beginning of another and with that momentous event, a transition of powers that have never been assumed or held by any president in United States history, wi...read more

by Jared Jeannotte

President elect Barak Obama is entering this position with a country in turmoil. The U.S. is involved in two wars, an economic decline that could rival the depression and an all time low lack of faith in the political syst...read more

by Patricia Bunch

When election eve rolled around this year, my republican husband, my granddaughter and myself joined hands in our living room and prayed like this, "Lord, direct the hearts of the people tomorrow as we cast our votes at th...read more

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by David Nuttle

All available evidence suggests that the lack of tranparent government encourages graft and corruption, while preventing the public from active participation in government. As reported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation...read more

by Writerman

The number#1 priority for the new administration is to adhere to the constitution! This will be the key, in restoring faith back to our US government; at home, and around the world. We need to walk the walk; we already kno...read more

by Roger Prather

President-elect Barack Obama campaigned and won on a platform of change. The overwhelming voter turnout to elect Mr. Obama shows that change is exactly what Americans want. Of course, different Americans are looking for di...read more