White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the Trump administration "is going above and beyond" to release employees' financial disclosure reports on March 31. (Reuters)Starting Friday evening, the White House will begin to release financial disclosure forms filed by about 180 members of the Trump administration who are either commissioned officers or paid more than $161,755. Even though the briefing was focused on transparency, the White House asked that the two officers not be identified by name. Those running the briefing did make clear that they are beating the Obama administration on one measure of transparency: The Obama administration first released its reports on April 3, 2009, and the Trump administration is getting it done on March 31. [Read the White House staff financial disclosures]

Source: Washington Post March 31, 2017 21:45 UTC