Transparency like you’ve never seen before
Today marks a major milestone in government transparency -- and an important lesson in the unintended consequences of such vigorous disclosure.....A lot of people visit the White House, up to 100,000 each month, with many of those folks coming to tour the buildings. Given this large amount of data, the records we are publishing today include a few “false positives” – names that make you think of a well-known person, but are actually someone else. In September, requests were submitted for the names of some famous or controversial figures (for example Michael Jordan, William Ayers, Michael Moore, Jeremiah Wright, Robert...
Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
Tags: Controversial Figures, Disclosure, False Positives, Government Transparency, Jeremiah Wright, Michael Jordan, Michael Moore, Milestone, Names, Unintended Consequences, White House, William Ayers