Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.
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by Aimee Edmondson, NFOIC contributing writer
The FOI movement has gone high-tech in recent years with plenty of new tools to encourage information sharing, and these tools are already revolutionizing the way we use public records. A group of trailblazers presented the latest ways technology is influencing open government at the 2008 FOI Summit in Philadelphia.
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Groups gather strength around the country, but take differing approaches in pursuit of sunshine.
By Lucas Tanglen, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)
5 U.S.C. § 552
As Amended in 2002
§ 552. Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings
(a) Each agency shall make available to the public information as follows:
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