Sunshine Week began in Florida more than two decades ago as a local effort to educate the public about open government and ...

The government has stalled on FOIAs for years in some cases. In others, agencies have said public records will cost thousands of dollars.

Growing attention across the nation on government fraud, waste and abuse has sparked renewed interest in the public’s right to know what their government leaders are doing. And Sunshine Week ...

A Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling weakened the Sunshine Act. Lawmakers are urged to restore transparency and public notice rules.

A lack of transparency at both the federal and state level is making it increasingly difficult for journalists and citizens ...

Sunshine Weeks kicks off in SC to highlight importance of open records and government through the public’s right to know ...

There’s an ugly trend in Florida government — one that seems to be based on a conviction that politicians and bureaucrats have the right to conduct public business and spend public money under a veil ...

An ugly trend has taken hold in Florida. It’s rooted in the misguided conviction that politicians and bureaucrats have the right to conduct public business and spend public money in private. Requests ...

Four Polk County Commissioners are facing criticism for using the sheriff's aircraft for a trip to Tallahassee. A former sheriff's deputy and a First Amendment advocate questioned the trip's cost and ...

The Michigan State Police demanded $6.8 million to process a Freedom of Information Act request from my organization in 2009.