Sarah Palin on Government Transparency
Posted by Michael Cohen
One of the many, many failings of the Bush Administration has been the lack of accountability and transparency from the federal government over the past eight years. This has been particularly true of the Vice President's Office, which has gone to great lengths to keep itself out of the public eye. But rest assured, my fellow countrymen, Sarah Palin is coming to the rescue.
"I've got another idea that I think Senator McCain likes. In Alaska, we took the state checkbook and put it online, so everyone can see where their money goes. We're going to bring that kind of openness to Washington," she said.
Well this is great news! I mean this is exactly the kind of change we've been waiting for. Surely, if Ms. Palin says that she will bring to openness to Washington, she ain't kidding around!
Oh wait a minute . . . From the Sunday New York Times:
While Ms. Palin took office promising a more open government, her administration has battled to keep information secret. Her inner circle discussed the benefit of using private e-mail addresses. An assistant told her it appeared that such e-mail messages sent to a private address on a “personal device” like a BlackBerry “would be confidential and not subject to subpoena.”
Ms. Palin and aides use their private e-mail addresses for state business. A campaign spokesman said the governor copied e-mail messages to her state account “when there was significant state business.”
. . . Rick Steiner, a University of Alaska professor, sought the e-mail messages of state scientists who had examined the effect of global warming on polar bears.
Rick Steiner, a University of Alaska professor, sought the e-mail messages of state scientists who had examined the effect of global warming on polar bears. (Ms. Palin said the scientists had found no ill effects, and she has sued the federal government to block the listing of the bears as endangered.) An administration official told Mr. Steiner that his request would cost $468,784 to process.
When Mr. Steiner finally obtained the e-mail messages — through a federal records request — he discovered that state scientists had in fact agreed that the bears were in danger, records show.
“Their secrecy is off the charts,” Mr. Steiner said
Never mind.
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