September 30, 2009 9:00AM 

# Senator Bennett, Rubbing His Temples Over, and Over, and Over, and Over Again 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Nancy Scola at TechPresident has a [pretty hilarious write-up](http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/looking-through-window-room-full-junk-capitol-hill-sketch) of a Senate hearing Tuesday on the transparency and accessibility of government contracting databases. Guess what? It’s a mess.

And on the TechLiberationFront blog, I [expressed my dismay](http://techliberation.com/2009/09/29/bogus-arguments-against-transparency/) with industry association “TechAmerica” dragging its heels on transparency in service to its government-contractor membership.

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