It is completely contrary to the notion of an open and free society that the government is permitted to spend taxed dollars developing anything meant for domestic use in secret, much less it being (more or less) the default policy.
Looking at the exemptions carved out of this rule (assuming this source is accurate), this looks more like it is codifying the secret nature of government operations than it is opening up anything substantial.
Hard to regard this as good news, although it may be another straw on the back of the government finally falling and the emergence of an actual open and peaceful world.
How exactly is I "contrary to th notion of an open a d free society." I think that's just nonsense. And you think this could only be good if it leads to the government failing and a failed government obviously leads to world peace?
I think some just let irrational hatred make them believe inane fairy tales.
The basis for transparency is government, at least in the common law tradition, is the understanding that without it, government actors will tend to act in their own interest rather than in that of the public.
Do you think that this is a reasonable belief?
If so, then it logically and obviously follows both that 1) development of products by the government (to the extent that this is even the reasonable purview of information age government at all) need to be conducted in a profoundly public way and that 2) a failure to do this will result in a properly disaffected populace and shortened moral stature on the part of the government.
It is no fairy tale to suggest that secrecy in government is a substantial part of the formula of government failure more generally. The only assertion I'm making that might not yet be in evidence is that, amidst the information age, this aspect of good government is more important and that its effects will be realized far more quickly.
Looking at the exemptions carved out of this rule (assuming this source is accurate), this looks more like it is codifying the secret nature of government operations than it is opening up anything substantial.
Hard to regard this as good news, although it may be another straw on the back of the government finally falling and the emergence of an actual open and peaceful world.