FOCUS of this SITE
Updated Sunday, February 03, 2008 07:08 PM
As
we prepare for the transition in 2008-2009 - knowing that the majority of all
the different sorts of Presidential appointments - confirmed and unconfirmed -
are going turn over after January 20 2009 - we are restructuring the
priorities of the page in preparation of that period:
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Transparency of appointments is the most difficult and serious issue during this period. By its political nature, the appointment process is awkward, confused, and tough to track and report. Obviously, the nature of the confirmed appointment process is easier because the nominations are made public in the senate as a part of the legal process -
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TRANSPARENCY
Transparency in government - across the board - is a critical part of any society, but in a large complex society such as the United States represents - knowing about the conduct of government and the people in it are ultimate facts for the protection of the society.
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This page has a wide variety of readers - across the world, actually. When there is a communication with us, the talk is either about how to get a job in government, or how to improve the quality of appointees. Sometimes that concern about competence is simply a difference of opinion on policy or style, but much of the time challenges basic experience or training of the office holder. That raises the question of focus of what a page like this should emphasize as a central theme of its purpose.
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