Transparency and Open Government

Since I have been working for local government I am beginning to realize that there are a lot of transparency issues the past 10 years and it has gotten better, being responsible with the city website and giving it a major face lift from what it used to look like, which has helped the community so much better on getting access to information with the help of a better site that is much more easy to navigate and transparent.

I have been following Obama the past few years and have seen what he has done using online social media and gravitating to future generations by doing such a great job on the website and you can see the past post I did here about the meaning of the "O".



On January 21, 2009, his first full day in office, the President issued a Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government and called for recommendations for making the Federal government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative.

The President has welcomed the open government innovations being developed across the Government and has encouraged each of his Cabinet departments to adopt more open government innovations in the coming year.

On May 21, 2009, the Administration kicked off an unprecedented process for public engagement in policy making on the White House website. As Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President said, we are proud to announce an important next step in this historic call to action one that will help us achieve a new foundation for our government a foundation built on the values of transparency, accountability and responsibility.

Duke Ellington gets his own coin

The famous jazz composer and performer will be pictured seated at the piano on the 25 cent piece.The quater is one of a series showing America’s states.

Ellington’s coin represents the District of Columbia aka Washington D.C. where Duke was born.

via the BBC

Let Freedom Reign

Happy Martin Luther King day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

Thank the all mighty, we're free at last