Tuesday, November 10, 2009

White House Visitor Records: Transparency like you’ve never seen before

Except for William Ayers (so far)
As part of President Obama's commitment to government transparency, we are providing records of White House visitors on an ongoing basis online. In December 2009, we will begin posting all White House visitor records for the period from September 15th onwards under the terms of our new voluntary disclosure policy. In addition, as part of our new policy, we will post records dating from January 20th that are specifically requested on an ongoing basis. For more information, read the White House blog post announcing the new policy.

Per the ‘White House Voluntary Disclosure Policy, Visitor Access Records,’ President Barack Obama has "decided to increase governmental transparency by implementing a voluntary disclosure policy governing White House visitor access records." As outlined in the policy, for records between January 20 and September 15, 2009, White House Counsel will respond voluntarily to individual requests submitted to the Counsel’s Office that are reasonable, narrow, and specific (e.g., requests that list specific possible visitors). To request such visitor access records, please complete the form below (click on link).
Source: White House
William Ayers is listed twice in the visitor records. I followed the White House instructions and requested his records at least several weeks ago. Of course, it doesn’t say how long it will take to get the records.

0 comments:

Post a Comment