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The mission of Sunshine Review is to create a place where regular people have the opportunity to breathe new life into the political system by demanding a transparent and honest government. Sunshine Review collects and shares information about government transparency, openness and accountability at the state and local level.

Transparency tidbits...

Featured article

Alabama counties. Thirty of Alabama's 67 counties have no website as of January 2009. Only one Alabama county posts its budget online. Five counties provide information about official government meetings.

Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week

Susan Siegel of Yorktown, New York, wonders why her town spends so much money on lawsuits, including a $6,000 tab when it wrongly denied documents requested under FOIL.

Ray of Sunshine Review
Jason Zandri of Wallingford, Connecticut built his own website with information about Wallingford (like minutes of meetings and the town budget) when the town itself wouldn't post the information on its official website. Here.

Sunshine Review Blog

Sunshine Review Blog

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Oklahoma: Transparency in schools needed, not more cash
Land of the cheese, home of the brave


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