The Obama Administration's Open Government Initiative: Issues for Congress (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Jan. 28, 2011 |
| Report Number |
R41361 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Wendy R. Ginsberg, Analyst in Government Organization and Management |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The 112th Congress may have interest in accessing information and documents from the executivebranch. This report examines and analyzes the Obama Administration's initiative to make theexecutive branch more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. On his first full day in office(January 21, 2009), President Barack Obama issued two memoranda "for the Heads of ExecutiveDepartments and Agencies" that were related to transparency in government. One memorandumfocused on the administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and the other focusedon transparency and open government. The transparency memorandum committed theadministration to "an unprecedented level of openness" and to the establishment of "a system oftransparency, public participation, and collaboration." Some scholars argue that these memorandawere a significant break from the policies of the previous administration.
