The Semi-Open Development of an Open Government Plan

When President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly last year, he called on world governments — including his own — to return this September with promises to be more transparent, fight corruption and get more people involved in civic life.

Nearly a year later, his administration is co-chairing an international coalition of governments that have promised to follow through on those promises — but the initiative, announced in July, has just a few weeks left to deliver, and some critics aren't impressed with the way the administration is handling public consultation in the face of this short timeline...