This is good stuff, from Obama’s remarks today.

I will also hold myself as President to a new standard of openness. Going forward, anytime the American people want to know something that I or a former President wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the White House Counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the rule of law. Information will not be withheld just because I say so. It will be withheld because a separate authority believes my request is well grounded in the Constitution.

Let me say it as simply as I can: Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

That said, the new White House web site still says that the President hasn’t issued any executive orders, and I know from news sources that he has. I hope they start getting info up faster than this once they’re rolling.