Holding Obama Accountable...His SECRET Letters To Federal Staffers

As we work to keep President Obama honest, as we strive to hold him to his campaign promises we need to know WHAT THOSE PROMISES ARE! Seems that Senator Obama took the step of reaching out to Federal Employees in 9 different departments, making promises to each of them if he was elected President...we need to ADD THOSE PROMISES to the mix, need to make sure those promises to Federal Employees and Departments do not counter those promises made to the American people.

Obama Wrote Federal Staffers About His Goals

Workers at Nine Agencies Got Detailed Letters Before Election

By Carol D. Leonnig

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 17, 2008; 1:09 PM

In wooing federal employee votes on the eve of the election, Barack Obama wrote a series of letters to workers that offer detailed descriptions of how he intends to add muscle to specific government programs, give new power to bureaucrats and roll back some Bush administration policies.

The letters, sent to employees at nine agencies, describe Obama's intention to scale back on contracts to private firms doing government work, to remove censorship from scientific research, and to champion tougher industry regulation to protect workers and the environment. He made it clear that the Department of Housing and Urban Development would have an enhanced role in restoring public confidence in the housing market, shaken because of the ongoing mortgage crisis.

Letters from the President-elect

Obama Proposes Federal Government Reforms (PDF)

• The Department of Defense
• The Department of Labor
• The Department of Housing and Urban Development
• The Department of Homeland Security
• The Social Security Administration
• The Environmental Protection Agency
• The Department of Veterans' Affairs
• The Transportation Security Administration
• American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO