http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/04/MNUH16T1M1.DTL
At 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 20 – the precise moment Barack Obama became president of the United States – a new White House Web site sprang to electronic life with a pledge to “provide a window for all Americans into the business of the government.” The next day, Obama issued a memorandum on transparency, promising to make it one of “the touchstones of this presidency.”