A few recent items about President-elect Obama and open government: 

ProPublica had a piece last week discussing Obama's history with transparency. (Why weren't there more articles about this during the campaign?)

On Friday, ProPublica followed up by reporting on Obama's plan to use technology to increase government transparency.

Some folks have their own plan for Obama. The Sunshine in Government Initiative has recommendations for the incoming administration. Click here for a PDF of the organization's four-page letter to Obama. Click here for a PDF of the the Sunshine in Government' white paper.

By the way, the polls are still open on my first FOIA under the Obama administration.

— NC

*Photo courtesy of The Associated Press. Draw your own conclusions about why Bush is in the shadows and Obama in the light.

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