Which seems like a pretty good argument politically for transparency:  Nobody looks through shit online so there's little risk of being stung, and by forcing a high level of transparency you put government IT in a position where they have to operate at an industry acceptable level of competence... which is pretty low to begin with.<p>Then you get to brag on the campaign stump for doing all this awesome stuff you should have been doing <i>anyway</i> and have voters love you for it.