Comments Senate hearing on Transparency
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday held a hearing titled, Removing the Shroud of Secrecy: Making Government More Transparent and Accountable. Witnesses included Vivek Kundra, the White House CIO, and Aneesh Chopra, the White House CTO, as well as National Archives Director David Ferriero. Also invited was Adobe’s Rob Pinkerton. Here’s his testimony, and a short video clip of his views on the hearing.
Nothing transparent here! Gossip with no content. We need a camera in the room to make it transparent.
Was this hearing terminated before completion?
The hearing was was cut short by procedural maneuvers relevant to the health care debate occurring on the Senate Floor. The hearing may be rescheduled to complete the witness testimony
There is an archive webcast of the event on the senate site. See link below.
http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_id=912a5fba-3a42-49a9-b7a9-84bf1787a9b7