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Did you know it’s National Sunshine Week? The National Security Archive reminded us that it is, in noting the 2011 Knight Open Government Survey. That report reminds the public that the Obama administration, which promised an oceanic change on transparency and openness in government, has been slow to get there â€" to put it mildly.

The president wasted no time in admonishing all federal government departments and agencies â€" one minute into his administration â€" that he demanded new policies to open government operations to public scrutiny. But at the halfway point in his administration, his operatives have not walked the walk, even if their leader has talked the talk.

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