Ethics

Obama Reverses Policy on White House Visitor Logs

By Ed Brayton

President Obama has reversed his earlier position on White House visitor logs and announced that the White House will now be posting those logs online for all to see.

President Barack Obama said today that his administration will start releasing the names of people who visit the White House, reversing a long-standing policy transcending both Democratic and Republican presidents.

The move, which could shed light on who influences White House decision-making, comes following a White House review of its disclosure policy and legal pressure from the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).