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PatsFanInMaine 10-13-2009 07:48 AM

Transparency?
 
Recovery.gov

About Recovery.gov
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Recovery.gov was created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to provide unprecedented transparency about how Recovery funds are being used, and increase accountability to guard against fraud, waste, and abuse.
This website allows American taxpayers to see what entities received Recovery money,
and how and where the money is being spent. These questions are answered through easy-to-understand, user-friendly graphs, charts, and maps.
Recovery.gov Contract Kept Secret | Judicial Watch
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An investigative journalism organization filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain a copy of the redesign contract and the government’s response was anything but transparent. Nearly half of the pages are blacked out and completely illegible. The contract’s technical proposal, essentially the document’s main body, was redacted completely. The blackouts were defended by the Obama Administration as a prohibition against the release of propriety information.


Why are we not allowed to know how Recovery.com spends thier money?

DarrylS 10-13-2009 07:55 AM

Re: Transperency?
 
I wish they would be transparent about the money given to Xe, Haliburton, Wackenhut, Lockheed then you would realize how you are really being fleeced...

PatsFanInMaine 10-13-2009 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrylS (Post 1549385)
I wish they would be transparent about the money given to Xe, Haliburton, Wackenhut, Lockheed then you would realize how you are really being fleeced...

If they received any money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that would be fine. A search of Lockheed produces 2 results.

Patters 10-13-2009 08:07 AM

Re: Transparency?
 
Leave it to Judicial Watch to try to take credit for something that other groups have already been pursuing, but Judicial Watch largely lost their credibility with their relative inaction and ineffectiveness during the Bush years. They proved they're merely a partisan political group, without a principled foundation. And the fact that they don't even give credit where credit is due shows just how unethical they are.

Propublica, which includes the likes of Henry Louis Gates and other liberals on its board, has been pursuing this issue for at least a month:

New Demands for Release of Recovery.gov Contract Info - ProPublica

Of course, a far less redacted version of the contract should be released, and I presume that will happen.

PatsFanInMaine 10-13-2009 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Patters (Post 1549401)
Leave it to Judicial Watch to try to take credit for something that other groups have already been pursuing, but Judicial Watch largely lost their credibility with their relative inaction and ineffectiveness during the Bush years. They proved they're merely a partisan political group, without a principled foundation. And the fact that they don't even give credit where credit is due shows just how unethical they are.

Propublica, which includes the likes of Henry Louis Gates and other liberals on its board, has been pursuing this issue for at least a month:

New Demands for Release of Recovery.gov Contract Info - ProPublica

Of course, a far less redacted version of the contract should be released, and I presume that will happen.

Judicial Watch filed quite a number of lawsuits during the Bush administration. Here are just a few. To claim they are bias is disingenuous. We do agree though that a more complete account of Recovery.gov is needed.

Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit Against Secret Service to Obtain White House Travel Logs | Judicial Watch

JUDICIAL WATCH v. NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, et.al. | Judicial Watch

Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Commerce | Judicial Watch

DarrylS 10-13-2009 09:07 AM

Re: Transperency?
 
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Originally Posted by PatsFanInMaine (Post 1549400)
If they received any money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that would be fine. A search of Lockheed produces 2 results.

You single out lockheed, but ignore the most obvious fraudulent contractors...Haliburton, Xe and Wackenhut... I am really in favor of transparency for everyone, because very few realize how much we get f...ed every day by these contractors...

Bigdogx 10-13-2009 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrylS (Post 1549385)
I wish they would be transparent about the money given to Xe, Haliburton, Wackenhut, Lockheed then you would realize how you are really being fleeced...

Another day, another democrat using the bush administration as a excuse for continued corruption! Is that what politics in this country has basically come down to, the old they did it too response for every wrong done.:confused:

DarrylS 10-13-2009 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Bigdogx (Post 1549455)
Another day, another democrat using the bush administration as a excuse for continued corruption! Is that what politics in this country has basically come down to, the old they did it too response for every wrong done.:confused:

Don't you see the duplicity and hypocrisy that congress goes after ACORN after entrapment videos?? All the while these defense contractors..commit crimes and continue to defraud the government.. this ain't about George it is much bigger than that. Open you eyes you will be amazed, or keep asking for more koolaid.

alvinnf 10-13-2009 07:05 PM

Re: Transperency?
 
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Originally Posted by DarrylS (Post 1549498)
Don't you see the duplicity and hypocrisy that congress goes after ACORN after entrapment videos?? All the while these defense contractors..commit crimes and continue to defraud the government.. this ain't about George it is much bigger than that. Open you eyes you will be amazed, or keep asking for more koolaid.

The defense industry produces something..... Jobs, industry and money follows.

Acorn produces nothing!!! They have no use, serve no purpose! Any more that is.


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