White House posts visitors log.

• Position: GOVERNMENT RECORDS - Brief article

In a first for any U.S. president, Barack Obama recently released part of the usually secret visitors log online.

During his first six months in office, the log revealed, Obama met frequently at the White House with labor leaders, senators, lobbyists, business executives, liberal activists, and Oprah Winfrey.

The partial list of 481 records, covering the first six months of the Obama presidency, is not a comprehensive list of everyone who met with the president and his top staff members. The administration released records for only those visitors about whom a specific request was made on the...