Do you have any metrics to present showing the GOP being more transparent?
: Obama promised transparency. But his administration is one of the most secretive
The gripe there was he wasn't doing more interviews with reporters.
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- The Obama administration set a record again for censoring government files or outright denying access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a new analysis of federal data by The Associated Press.
The government took longer to turn over files when it provided any, said more regularly that it couldn’t find documents and refused a record number of times to turn over files quickly that might be especially newsworthy.
It also acknowledged in nearly 1 in 3 cases that its initial decisions to withhold or censor records were improper under the law — but only when it was challenged.
He did try to address this on his way out but yeah it was disappointing that in that measure he continued the trend of less foi requests. I suspect Trump will be far less transparent though. Right at the beginning he wouldn't release his taxes and hiding the amount of golfing, press accessibility and visitor logs for example.
