Obama’s ‘openness’ meeting is closed

 
By The Associated Press
Published: December 7, 2009

WASHINGTON — It’s hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public.

The event today for federal employees is a fitting symbol of President Barack Obama’s uneven record so far on the Freedom of Information Act , a big part of keeping his campaign promise to make his administration the most transparent ever. As Oba...


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