Obama To List Inaugural Donations Online
President-elect Barack Obama has already raised at least $10 million from 243 contributors for his inauguration and related activities, his inaugural committee revealed today.
The disclosure came as Obama’s inaugural staff launched a new Web-based public database of all donors, in yet another step towards upholding Obama’s pledge to run a transparent presidential transition.
The database allows users to search all donations of more than $200 to the inaugural committee, which aides promise will be posted within 48 hours of receipt.
The Web site also includes listings of all the committee’s bundlers – individuals who gather money from friends and colleagues to give to the inauguration.
The “guidelines we’ve released today set a new standard for openness for a Presidential Inaugural Committee,” John W. Rogers, Jr., Co-Chair of the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Committee, said in a release. “This tool demonstrates the new administration’s commitment to changing business-as-usual in Washington, DC.”
