A US government website which was supposed to promote
transparency in government has got off to a rocky start.
A contract to provide the $18 million contract went to
Smartronix to build a website where taxpayers could easily track billions in
federal stimulus money, as part of President Obama's promise to make government
more transparent through the Internet.
However, the contract, which was released only through
repeated Freedom of Information Act requests, has been censored into a coma. The Government Services Agency released copies of the
contract and related documents that are so heavily blacked out they are
virtually worthless. Have a look here.
Sections that were censored dealt with subjects such as
site navigation, user experience, and everything in the pricing table. We don't think this bodes well for Obama's transparency
in government plans.
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Government transparency website contract is censored
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