US Capitol Capsule: Without transparency, battle for public support a losing game
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Whether it was the debate over US presidential candidate Mitt Romney's unwillingness to disclose more than two years of his income tax filings or the White House's vagueness on the specifics of how the across-the-board spending cuts would affect federal agencies and programs under sequestration come January if no deficit agreement is reached, one overarching theme reverberated in Washington last week: The need for more transparency.