Obama To Reveal Groups He Meets With

[FrenchieCat]

Barack Obama will publicize the names and agenda items of the groups that are meeting with its transition team, the campaign announced on Friday. Moreover, the public will be allowed to review and discuss the information on Obama's website, Change.gov.

The move, announced by transition head John Podesta, is another tip of the hat towards a more transparent governing process. The campaign's Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs, Michael Strautmanis, will do the posting, which will note not just the organizations that are meeting with the president-elect and his staff, but also the documents (policy "wish lists") they bring with them.

"Every day, we meet with organizations who present ideas for the Transition and the Administration, both orally and in writing," reads a memo from Podesta to the Obama staff. "We want to ensure that we give the American people a 'seat at the table' and that we receive the benefit of their feedback."

More details on this at the link....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/05/obama-to-reveal-groups-he_n_148818.html

Strautmanis discusses the move in a video which is running at the site.

[ccharles000]

1. lovely

[FrenchieCat]

4. Promises to be fulfilled.......

that's just one of them.

Open Government is quite progressive, considering what we've had.

Guess change is coming to America after all! :)

[ccharles000]

2. dupe

[davidinalameda]

3. you mean he's going to do this without a court order

like the Bushies??

wow!

:sarcasm:

Obama is doing EVERYTHING right so far

I have such high hope for the next eight years

[FrenchieCat]

5. It's a great step in the right direction and tells more about

the plans for Open Government in the upcoming administration than words could ever say.

[FrenchieCat]

6. This is so much more important than the cardboard groping scandal!

In particular for the skeptics wondering about "change". :shrug:

[knowledgeispwr]

7. Well this story doesn't support the meme that Obama is a center-right figure...

reneging on all his promises.

So it is ignored. :shrug:

[FrenchieCat]

8. Thus far.....

altough I'm sure those I found in threads full of Obama betrayal complaints and denouncements will be joining in this conversation anytime now! :patriot:

[FrenchieCat]

17. Exactly!

You'll see the usual suspect all commenting in the "Commands to Obama as to what he should do or else" threads, but never in the "Obama just did something great" threads.

Funny how that works.
Or most likely, just simply obvious.

[eleny]

9. Well, that takes care of having any time at all to clean my house!

:D

Edited to add - K&R!

[Cha]

10. Rec'd~ Needs more recs to get this

on the Greatest. This is exciting stuff and more than just a little bit mind blowing after the last 8 hidden years.

Put this in your pipe and puff on it, Laura. And, no, "bush did not keep us safe for 8 years."

[FrenchieCat]

11. Exciting is relative....Obviously many DUers don't give a dam about

Open Government. Not really.

But many care about cardboard Groping, and anything that is negative news on President Elect Obama.

[Cha]

12. I know..it's so

obvious..but, thanks for your continuing effort to bring us real news of an Obama admin, Frenchie.

It doesn't matter what anyone whines about..Obama is going to do the best job possible to turn our country around 180 degrees and we are all the recipients of our good fortune on Nov 4, 2008! :fistbump:

[Grateful for Hope]

13. This is a huge breath of fresh air

And, it doesn't surprise me. Obama is a man of integrity, and, I knew he would honor the promises he campaigned on.

Thanks for posting this.

:patriot:

[Jennicut]

14. Open government, imagine that! Secrecy and shadow govt. was a rule in the Bush administration

[malletgirl02]

15. K&R nt.

[unblock]

16. how DARE he!

:evilgrin:

[jenmito]

18. K&R! Obama is the Bizarro Bush! Bush needed a terrorist attack to get people to support him

(until he invaded Iraq and the facts started coming out about how he lied about EVERYTHING). Obama will KEEP his high approval rating because of the transparent way he's ALREADY running his admin. and because of the way he'll follow through with his promises. :hi:

[high density]

19. John Podesta's memo on this was sent around

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7958069

[firedupdem]

20. He and his team continue to amaze me.....I'm fired up and ready

to go!

[quiet.american]

21. K&R nt

[polichick]

22. Sort of like Cheney's energy meetings...

NOT :)