With creation of internet the key ingredient was information. Information is something that makes us wealthy and aware. There is more and more information on social media, however the important part of information is hidden in the governmenr cabinets.
Seemingly democratic system is the worst form od a repressive state. In this thesis I will elaborate on access to government information in the USA in the presidental period of two modern era presidents, George W. Bush an Barack Obama. Both presidents were very different from each other, they were not alike when it came to political party orientation, which reflected on their policies and reforms.
Key to public information is access, the consequence is political support.Since political support and popular vote are the driving factors for making unreal pre-election promises this thesis will try to show, that there is another way of getting the popular vote by ruling more openly. Access to poblic information or government information in the USA is an important topis since the attack on the World Trade Center on 11th of september, 2001. Since the attack the american government was slowly reducing access to public information. The secrecy was so obvious, that there were conspiracy theories developin troughout society, which did not go away until serious administration change in 2009.
Eventhough president Obama promised government openness to public information, k+he seeked political support trough social media. However he as+lso did some actions towards government openness and public information. Eventhough the number of amendment exemptions was higher under Obama period and the access was still limited, the flow of information trough the public changed.
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