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

We give out The Foilies, tongue-in-cheek “awards” during Sunshine Week (March 15-21), a collective effort by media and advocacy organizations to highlight the importance of open government.

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The Michigan State Police demanded $6.8 million to process a Freedom of Information Act request from my organization in 2009. A federal inspector general had flagged problems with the agency’s ...

State law dictates certain time constraints that the government has to adhere to in responding to requests, Byrum explained.

The coming week is Pennsylvania Sunshine Week. While we are sure — to which we alluded in Thursday’s editorial — that the families throughout our region our excited about the warmth and sunshine of ...

Paul Wolf, president emeritus of the New York State Coalition on Open Government, recently offered the organization’s annual “Naughty and Nice List” on government transparency The New York State ...

GLENDALE, AZ — An ABC15 investigation into superintendent salaries across more than 80 Arizona school districts also became a test of government transparency. While school superintendent contracts are ...

Colorado lawmakers did the right thing for government transparency last week. First in a vote of 43-19, representatives in ...

Even as more people learn about their rights to government records, public officials seem more determined to control the flow ...

Oregonians are increasingly losing faith in their government and institutions. All too often, it feels like actions are taken without any notice or public input. A bill racing ahead in the current ...