Posted on 02/22/2010 3:20:26 PM PST by Nachum
Edited on 02/22/2010 3:31:22 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
In an ironic twist, the White House is inviting the Tea Party movement to challenge it on government transparency.
White House Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin said Republicans and conservative Tea Party activists should strive to push the administration to make its policies more open.
He also suggested Tea Party activists, who have called for broad changes to the government, could push the GOP to be more aggressive on the issue.
“I would be thrilled to make this a type of political competition ... to see who can be more radical in their openness, in their data distribution models ... trying to prove to the citizens they can run a better government,” said McLaughlin, a former executive at Google.
He also said he would be “delighted if Republicans started pushing out great open-data models like the Conservatives have in the U.K.”
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is leading a major push for the release of public data, while the Conservative Party's David Cameron is running on a platform of transparency and has vowed to publish details of every government contract online.
Republicans have been less emphatic about the need for collaboration between government and citizens through digital tools and online releases of data, McLaughlin said.
The Obama administration has made sharing government data with the public a priority through the launch of Data.gov, which publishes data sets online, and an open-government directive aimed at agencies.
President Barack Obama has directed his administration to make its spending of the $787 billion stimulus bill transparent, and has also made the list of the White House visitors’ log public.
But the Tea Party's momentum could push Democrats to do even more to increase government transparency and accountability.
“In this country, any protest is part of the game,” McLaughlin said. “The skepticism of government is part of the American character. I'd like to see us put that dynamic to work to be open and participatory.”
McLaughlin made the remarks Friday said at an event held by the think tank NDN and the New Policy Institute.
Heh—he just wants to ID some leaders to Alinsky-ize them, a la Carville.
Hehehehe. Yep, lets start from the beginning like your birth certificate. Then on to the your college transcripts and on and on we go.
Provide us with complete background checks on all the czars, as well as your new “Islamic envoy”.
Once again, the White House decides to get into a fight on the opponent’s turf. These guys never learn; God only knows how they got the reputation of being the smartest guys in the room.
>>Great idea! Show us your transcripts from Columbia Mr. President. After that, give us your long form Birth Certificate. Oh this could be fun. Good idea.<<
And any papers from Harvard. Oh, and your enrollment forms from Occidental College (which was as a a foreign student).
As for the last year, post up on You Tube the open debate with Democrats and Republicans segments from the broadcasts on CSPAN concerning health care — you know, the ones you promised when a candidate.
The most crooked and furtive administration since Grant — it is to laugh.
Scram Kenyan, go home!
Correct. It’s another trap. ID the leaders and “lean” on them Chicago-style.
We also request the DOJ’s complete file regarding its decision to dismiss voter intimidation charges against the Philadelphia Chapter of the New Black Panther Party.
(Psst—don’t tell them we don’t have leaders) Some non-representative may try to ID themselves, maybe become a sock puppet. This may well prove entertaining. Exactly how does one check the credentials of a Tea Party “leader.”
That’s what you can expect from an over educated gang-banger.
“White House Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin said Republicans and conservative Tea Party activists should strive to push the administration to make its policies more open.”
Why should the Tea Parties push for anything from them?
Did anyone listen when we tried to push them on Healthcare? Didn’t the Admin.and the MSM come up with disgusting names for the movement? Didn’t they call it fake and astroturf? Didn’t they bring in thugs and try to shut us out?
We have been down that road. No Thanks.
8 separate occasions, which are videotaped....nuff said, White House.
Your “transparency” promise was and still is a joke, as well as being a LIE!
Either they're clueless,
or they're evil.
Hint: they aren't clueless.
Signed, Looking forward to your prompt personal public response (no spokesmen), Teaparty USA
They are Socialists. They could care less about anything else but turning us into Socialists. That is their mission.
They do not care who they step on or use to get it done.
The Obama admin has all the tools to start doing this RIGHT NOW. So just do it already, the health bill deliberations are a good start.
Alinsky judo move.
Hilarious! Barky is trying to convince people that he is with the Tea Partiers in their distrust of government.
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