Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Hey NTIA: Why can't you be more transparent?

I'm officially fed up with how NTIA's handling the public relations of BTOP. For starters, I don't see any compelling reasons for why this process can't be a whole lot more transparent.

Why can't we know who the reviewers are? I understand why we might not want to make public who's reviewing what application as that opens up lines to lobby and influence the review process, but why not make public the list of approved reviewers so the public can vet them for conflicts of interest and competency?...