While such apps promise increased security and privacy, they often skirt open records laws meant to increase transparency around ... The AP found accounts for state, local and federal officials ...

New York state transparency advocates scored a pair of ... recognized nationwide as Sunshine Week, a collaborative campaign organized by journalists, news outlets, civic organizations and ...

Sunshine Week brings together open government advocates to focus on transparency issues. In Michigan, the week often features discussion of the state's Freedom of Information Act which exempts the ...

The role played by Democrats is largely a function of their utter dominance of state ... of openness and transparency in the legislative process and throughout government. The Sunshine Amendment ...

The people need to know what’s going on across local, state and federal governments in order to make informed decisions. That’s why we celebrate Sunshine Week ... In California, transparent government ...

Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a more colorful representative.

Sunshine Week, which runs through March ... information from public entities like municipalities and state agencies, government transparency remains far from a finished product.

The Sunshine State is claiming dibs on being the first ... The House has demanded transparency after questions arose over its income and spending.

The trustees board met in executive session and then voted at the public meeting without any discussion to remove President ...

"In this body we scream and yell about having transparency ... a little sunshine, I wonder why. I wonder why," Shirts said. "We have a problem with outside money coming into our state that ...