President Obama’s ethics czar, is going to Europe as an ambassador -- and it’s causing anxiety among government watchdog groups who admire the work
“„The administration began posting online a partial log of White House visitors, and it instituted policies aimed at responding more quickly and completely to Freedom of Information Act requests from journalists, academics and the public. It has also restricted the hiring of lobbyists within the administration, banned gifts from lobbyists and taken other steps to slow the “revolving door” between government and the private sector.
“„On transparency issues, the administration has raised concerns among open-government advocates by regularly using the “state secrets” privilegeto continue keeping some national security issues out of public view, and Mr. Obama reversed course last year and refused to make public photos showing abuses of terrorism detainees. The controversy over the public release of some 90,000 documents from the Afghanistan war by the group WikiLeakscould result in more pressure to limit public disclosures.