Moving Toward A 21st Century Right-To-Know Agenda
In case you missed this report when it was released last month (as an MS Word document), you might want to check it out now (in PDF):
- Moving Toward A 21st Century Right-To-Know Agenda Recommendations To President-Elect Obama And Congress, By the Right to Know Community, as distributed by the Obama-Biden Transition Project.
Obama Transition Team To Reveal Documents and Meetings with Groups
Your Seat at the Table, by Dan McSwain, Change.gov, December 5, 2008.
In a memo released today, Obama-Biden Transition Project Co-chair John D. Podesta announced that all policy documents from official meetings with outside organizations will be publicly available for review and discussion on Change.gov.There are some really interesting documents on the Your Seat at the Table page of Change.gov. See Also:
- Memorandum From John Podesta To All Obama Transition Project Staff (December 5, 2008) Re: “Seat at the Table” Transparency Policy.
- Video of Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs Michael Strautmanis
FDA to post information on WebMD
FDA to post information on WebMD, NextGov, Dec. 3, 2008.
FDA warnings and consumer information will appear on the online medical information portal WebMD.com under a partnership announced today. The agency will provide food-safety warnings, recalls and other alerts in a dedicated, ad-free section of WebMD's Web site, FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach said.Von Eschenbach said that the agency is exploring similar partnerships with other organizations. Continue reading
State Department’s Social Networking Site: ExchangesConnect
The U.S. Department of State has launched a new web site, ExchangesConnect (connect.state.gov), to promote international exchanges and enhance the United States' image abroad, particularly among young people. ExchangesConnect is administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. According to the Washington Post, "It’s a new online home for Americans and Web users overseas interested in interacting with other participants or potential participants in U.S. educational or foreign exchange programs." Use of the site requires registration. See also: State Department unveils social networking site, by Kellie Lunney, GovExec, December 1, 2008. Continue reading
White House documents found to be altered
Researchers at the University of Illinois say they have found evidence on the Whitehouse Web site that suggests "a pattern of revision and removal from the public record that spans several years, from 2003 through at least 2005. Instead of issuing a series of revised lists with new dates, or maintaining an updated master list while preserving copies of the old ones, the White House removed original documents, altered them, and replaced them with backdated modifications that only appear to be originals."
- Airbrushing History, American Style, Scott Althaus and Kalev Leetaru, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, November 25, 2008
- Iraq Ally Lists Were Altered, Study Shows, by Thom Shanker, New York Times, November 24, 2008.