> Maybe its time for the government to be public by default

Have you filed a FOIA request?

I have seen many FOIA requests get answered with heavy redactions and otherwise partial answers. For "public by default," lots of arms of the government don't see transparency as something they are supposed to do, and more as an imposition.

Other parts of the government are good at responding to FOIA requests, but it's generally inversely proportional to the value of the information.

Thanks for being a voice of sanity in this insane thread