How "Open Gov" Datasets Affect Parents and Consumers

How "Open Gov" Datasets Affect Parents and Consumers - http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/23/why-open-gov-matters-you


This will spawn a slew of new startups that deal with governmental data.  This is part of the change Obama promised and this a great change. 

If there is transparency, then we the public can speak via new methods provided by new open data services.

What do you think about the open data efforts of our new government 2.0?  Where do you see our government going with this transparency?