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

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 ...

Do Maryland state and city leaders provide enough transparency about taxpayer spending? Vote in our reader poll on government ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Peter Thiel says that holding back artificial intelligence (AI) invites the Anti-Christ. AI critics warn that government adoption invites the Surveillance State. Between techno-mysticism and ...

The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association and its members fully support legislation that restores limits on exceptions to the 24 ...

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

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

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 ...