Editorial from Lebanon Express:
This week is Sunshine Week, where journalists everywhere discuss the importance of open government and access to information.
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Tag: Sunshine Week 2013
White House Sunshine Week Blog: In celebration of civic engagement
Barbara Petersen: Time to bring Sunshine back to Florida government
Spread accountability: stop stealth lobbying
“Former Senator Joins Firm as Strategic Adviser.” Such headlines appear in business sections and political rags with banal regularity as members of Congress, agency heads and high-ranking congressional staff decide to trade their government contacts for cash.
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Don’t let broadcasters continue to ignore political ad disclosure
Americans rely on their local TV stations for news. But at some of those stations, an examination by the Sunlight Foundation of newly accessible public records reveals, the management has been helping to cover the tracks of stealth committees that last year financed hundreds of millions of dollars in negative campaign ads.
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Simply complying with the law is not transparency
From The Press-Sentinel:
The sun was shining brightly Sunday to usher in Sunshine Week in Georgia.
As citizens become more involved in local government, show up at public meetings, comment during the allotted times, circulate petitions, protest actions they believe usurp their rights, file open-records requests and hold elected officials accountable, the more the sun will shine on local government.
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Michigan House Democrats push for changes to ethics, election laws during ‘Sunshine Week’
From Michigan Radio:
It’s Sunshine Week, an annual push for open government and the public’s right to know stuff.
Democrats in the state House tied the introduction of a package of bills to Sunshine Week. The bills include a number of changes to Michigan’s laws and constitution regarding ethics, campaign finance, and elections.
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Improving Florida legislatures’ transparency
From FlaglerLive.com:
How well does your state legislature give its citizens access to its information? This Sunshine Week, as we reflect on the public’s right to know and the importance of open government, this should be a central question.
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Ain’t No Sunshine
From Santa Fe Reporter:
Two days before the start of national Sunshine Week, Democrats and Republicans in the New Mexico Legislature teamed up to send an important message. It would have been the perfect time to issue a proclamation recognizing “the importance of open government and freedom of information,” Sunshine Week’s key values.
Instead, they did the opposite.
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Sunshine Week Day 3: More republicans attempt to restrict public record access
From Punderbund.com:
Today is the third day of Sunshine Week, 2013 and while many of us are writing about the importance of open government and access to public information, Ohio’s Republicans are working furiously behind the scenes to try to restrict that access.
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