government accountability & transparency

While this is a good start, it's only a start.  With 40,000+ lobbyists in DC, our entire federal government (and local and state governments, for that matter) should take a cue from http://www.recovery.gov/ and move to make all departments, offices, meetings, bills, etc. completely transparent.  Quite simply, as citizens and taxpayers, we should be able to search, find and analyze any government information (budgets, taxes, politicians' schedules, meetings with which lobbyists and about what, etc, etc, etc) that does not compromise our national security, which is probably 98% of the data available.  Bill Moyers' Journal on Friday (http://bit.ly/tzZv7) had a great interview with Robert Kaiser about this serious problem and what it means for our country.  As citizens, we must continue to reach out to our elected officials and let them know how important this issue is to the future of our country.  We should expect and demand an open, honest, ethical and fully transparent government!