[OKFN-CH] WG: The shadowed reality of the Trump administration’s record on open government at six months

Fri Jul 21 11:10:49 UTC 2017

Liebe Freunde

Ich habe soeben den Report der Sunlight Foundation über Open Government unter der Trump Administration gelesen und empfehle ihn euch ebenfalls dringend zur Lektüre. Der Report führt uns drastisch vor Augen, dass Open Government und Open Government Data keine garantierten Errungenschaften sind und stets aufs Neue unser aufmerksames Engagement erfordern – auch in der Schweiz.

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Von: Sunlight Foundation [mailto:info=sunlightfoundation.com at mail216.atl81.rsgsv.net] Im Auftrag von Sunlight Foundation
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2017 18:52
An: André Golliez <golliez at opendataconsulting.ch>
Betreff: The shadowed reality of the Trump administration’s record on open government at six months

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Hi André,

Over the first six months of this young presidency, President Donald J. Trump’s approach to the office has been characterized by self-interest, defiance of basic democratic norms, and often incoherent or self-contradictory communications and priorities.

In the face of historic lows in public trust in government and an increasingly polarized electorate, we’ve seen a regression to secrecy in both Congress and the White House. The change has not gone unnoticed around the globe, as our nation’s standing to defend democracy and our government’s ability to advocate for anti-corruption efforts has been precipitously eroded.

In Sunlight's new report, we offer a comprehensive but not exhaustive accounting of the Trump administration’s record on open government<http://sunlightfoundation.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d5304df77590e80121f8e02ec&id=b1928acb94&e=7c24f78790> to date. More than seven months after we first considered what Trump would mean for open government, the questions we sent to the White House were never formally answered. The actions of this administration, however, speak for themselves.

Whatever transparency the President of the United States is demonstrating by speaking directly to the public on Twitter is outweighed by his refusal to disclose and divest, undermined by the opacity of their authorship, and weighted down by false claims and misleading assertions. This president publicly accused his predecessor of wiretapping his campaign with no evidence. If that’s transparency, the word itself has been devalued.

Our conclusion on the Trump administration’s record on open government at six months<http://sunlightfoundation.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d5304df77590e80121f8e02ec&id=aa50b6d25a&e=7c24f78790> is inescapable: this is a secretive administration, allergic to transparency, ethically compromised, and hostile to the essential role that journalism plays in a democracy.

 Six months from now, we will compare and contrast the Trump administration’s progress — or further regression — with the Obama administration’s mixed record on open government and reflect further on the way forward.

We welcome your feedback and comment, including from the White House itself, which has declined to answer our queries regarding these issues.

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