Change.gov ‘Agenda’ Pages Are Back
The agenda pages that we told you disappeared from Change.gov, President-elect Barack Obama's transition Web site, have returned in newly retooled form. Within the 22-plus agenda categories are items that address how the new administration will increase transparency in government.
The technology page promises that the new administration will open government to citizens by using "cutting-edge technologies to create a new level of transparency, accountability, and participation for America's citizens." That agenda item, however, is … more…
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Jennifer LaFleur was the computer-assisted reporting (CAR) editor starting in 2003 for The Dallas Morning News, where she worked on the investigative team. She has directed CAR at the San Jose Mercury News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was IRE’s first training director. She has won awards for her coverage of disability, legal and open government issues. Ms. LaFleur is the co-author of IRE’s Mapping for Stories: A Computer-Assisted Reporting Guide.
