Obama's first failed appointment

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I still suspect you are not going to get your hands on much more than you did in the past. The same people that redact the documents released to the public still work in the same offices. The people who get to say what is released to the public have not left because Bush left. I think that if you think you are going to have greater access to government documents, you are going to be sorely disappointed.

In fact, there will be different people responsible for FOIA requests.

Geneally, it will be the inspectors general of the department/agency and these will be Obama appointments.

FYI, Bush has the most "political" IGs in recent history, with the least autonomy, contrary to the stated role of IGs to be relatively independent to ensure greater accountability.

Who knows for certain if the new FOIA guidelines will provide greater transparency.

Time will tell. But why be disappoiinted before even giving the new administration a chance....seems very cynical to me.