(Crumpet from Weasel Zippers)
From Politico:
Under fire for backing away from a campaign promise to open up health care negotiations to C-SPAN cameras, the White House on Monday highlighted a report from a coalition of watchdog groups awarding the Obama administration an “A” for its openness.
The report — released by the nonprofit groups Common Cause, Democracy 21, the League of Women Voters and U.S. PIRG — gave the administration high marks across the board for its various initiatives to increase transparency and reduce the power of lobbyists, both of which were key elements in candidate Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to change the way Washington works.
The report praised the administration for rules limiting lobbyists from seeking stimulus funds and for putting the White House visitor logs and other documents online, among other reforms.
But representatives of other groups advocating for transparency said the “A” grade for open government was either inflated or premature, singling out the C-SPAN pledge, the administration’s use of the state’s secrets provision and the incomplete nature of its transparency initiatives.
Really? An "A"? First it was Obama, then it was Steele, and now it's watchdog groups... I really need to learn this new grading system, or figure out which teacher I need to give a little "Extra-curricular" activity to to make these kind of grades in my future endeavors.
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