Sunshine Review:What people are saying

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[edit] In newspapers

  • The Tulsa Beacon praised Tulsa County's transparency grade.[2]
  • Tulsa Business discussed Tulsa County's "A" transparency grade.[6]
  • News on 9 discussed Tulsa County's "A" transparency grade.[7]
  • Topix discussed Tulsa County's "A" transparency grade.[8]
  • The Daily Herald wrote that Maury County, Tennessee will be adding more information to their website after receiving a poor grade from Sunshine Review.[10]
  • Alabama Press Register wrote about how Alabama received some of the lowest transparency grades in the country.[16]
  • The Tooele Transport Bulletin wrote about Tooele County, Utah website's transparency and how it is one of the lowest in the state.[31]
  • The Times Daily in Florida based its review of school district websites on Sunshine Review's transparency checklist.[34]
  • The American Spectator discussed about Sunshine Review's role as a customer service hotline for local government websites.[35]
  • The Clare Sentinel wrote about schools posting their spending online.[41]
  • The Mill Creek Times wrote about Mill Creek's transparency efforts.[42]
  • Hattiesburg American mentioned Sunshine Review and its work for transparency.[45]
  • The Post-Bulletin discussed Bill Brooks, who is running for county seat, and his endorsement of website transparency for Olmsted County, Minnesota.[52]
  • The Times Picayune reported on Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana who recently re-did their website in order to create a more transparent government. According to the article St. Charles changed its website, "in response to the critique [on Sunshine Review], which examined the sites of every parish in the state, she put the parish's budget online and is preparing to add information about how to obtain public records from the parish."[53]
  • The WikiFOIA portal was used as a source in the New Mexico Independent on an article discussing New Mexico's open records litigation.[59]
  • A guest column published in the Denver Post, titled No Taxation without Information, recommends Sunshine Review and encourages Colorado residents to ask for more online government transparency.[60]
  • Following up on this report on Sunshine Review, Louisiana newspaper The Advocate wrote an editorial, "Parish websites need upgrades".[61]
  • The New York Times featured Sunshine Review on its Caucus blog, saying, "[The Sam Adams Alliance representative] quoted Sam Adams..."It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds." Those brush fires also translate into a host of new Web sites and tools that the alliance hopes will gain hold. It now boasts three "pedias:" Judgepedia for vetting judges at the state level; Ballotpedia for initiatives and elections; and Sunshine Review for transparency in government."[63]
  • ARRA News Service in Arkansas cited Sunshine Review, saying, "But information is only part of the solution. When this information is made available, citizens should demand accountability to make sure that our taxes are spent wisely and efficiently. While I am grateful for more government transparency, it is only an important first step. Now it is up to us to use that information effectively.[65]
  • The Citizen in New Hampshire says, "Murphy said that what the Gilford Republicans are asking for is to have the current budget, meeting minutes, meeting agendas, information about elected officials, information about the administration, information about town-funded lobbyists, vendor contracts, checkbook registers, and election information made available on the respective websites. Even better would be to allow for record requests to be fulfilled online. All of those requests are derived from the suggestions on the SunshireReview website."[66]

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[edit] On blogs

  • Shoutback praised Tulsa County transparency grade.[67]
  • State Sunshine Records blog wrote about Tulsa County, Oklahoma achieving a perfect transparency grade.[68]
  • Desoto County Schools blog agreed with SR's rating of DeSoto schools "D" transparency rating.[69]
  • Atlas Economic Freedom Foundation recognized Sunshine Review for being awarded a Templeton Foundation grant.[70]
  • Market Design Blog mentions Sunshine Review as an online source for finding government employee salaries.[71]
  • Texas Watchdog pointed out that once we've achieved transparency, we still have to pursue accountability.[73]
  • United Nations Public Administrators Network named Sunshine Review as one of the top transparency measures for government websites. To be fair they also said we needed to add some clarification.[76]
  • Blogher cited Sunshine Review as a resource for those looking into government transparency.[77]
  • Rankin county tea party discussed the county's transparency evaluation, which was an "F".[78]
  • News Busters used us as a resource for the California state budget and the potential tax hikes.[91]
  • Smart Girl Politics linked to SR about budget transparency.[93]
  • Freeman said that Sunshine Review's transparency checklist is becoming "the standard to be measured against."[94]
  • The Sunlight Foundation blogged about SR finishing the county website evaluations saying, "With projects like My Government Web sites, there is now a way to give constructive feedback and also a way to talk to your elected officials about their Web presence."[99]
  • The County's Supervisor's Association got bragging rights for being the having the most transparent counties in the US.[100]
  • The Publius Forum posted on the Sammies results.[101]
  • Pat Boone discusses the Sammies and how Sunshine Review promotes activism.[103]
  • Le Templar of the East Valley Tribune writes about Arizona coming out on top of the county evaluation project. [107]
  • Get Right OK wrote about Deputy Clerk Maryanne Flippo who took this view on transparency, “I don’t believe the public is entitled to know these details. That is my job as an elected official,” she said.[111]
  • Transparent Nevada wrote about the state by state comparison of the county ratings.[113]
  • On her blog, Leslie Carbone discussed Virginia's ranking for the county website project.[114]
  • E! The True Conservative Story wrote about the state by state evaluations of county websites and endorsed Sunshine Review's mission.[115]
  • The Sam Adams Alliance had an opinion posted in the Lux Liberatas blog endorsing Sunshine Review's achievements.[120]
  • Open Illinois wrote a blog commemorating Carbondale's success on the ten-point checklist.[129]
  • Action, not words! encouraged more people to become active on Sunshine Review.[130]
  • OFRG posted on Sunshine Review's coverage of Oklahoma counties and the fact that 48 of the 77 counties do not have websites.[133]
  • Carbondale Bytelife also posted on how Carbondale, Illinois was the first city to meet all 10 checkpoints in the state.[135]
  • The Taxpayers League in Minnesota referenced the Show me The Spending portal.[137]
  • Camas Washougal Watch used Sunshine Review as a transparency resource when discussing open and accessible government websites.[141]
  • Family Foundation Blog wrote about transparency efforts in Virginia and referenced Sunshine Review's article on the state budget.[142]
  • The Hit & Run blog for Reason Magazine used Sunshine Review for an article on the California state budget.[147]
  • Tales of the Heliosphere wrote about our coverage of the California state budget.[148]
  • Delaware Liberal highlighted WikiFOIA's work.[151]
  • The official blog of PI Magazine, PI Buzz, mentioned Sunshine Review as a resource for govenrment transparency project.[154]
  • Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Elsewhere wrote about Sunshine Review's coverage of Kansas.[158]
  • Resource Shelf wrote about the Show Me the Spending portal.[159]
  • The Great Plains Public Policy Institute mentioned Sunshine Review as a way to supervise local governments.[161]
  • The Heritage Foundation wrote about Sunshine Review's coverage of the California state budget crisis.[163]
  • BuckRun Outdoors discusses Arnold Schwarzenegger's 40% increase in spending and a projected billion deficit for the California state budget.[165]
  • Intellectual Conservatism posted information about the crisis state of the California Budget.[166]
  • Talk about a revolution listed Sunshine Review as a key transparency movement in 2009.[167]
  • Commonwealth Foundation trumped up Sunshine Review's work with school districts.[170]
  • The forum, PennLive mentioned our work on Pennsylvania schools.[171]
  • PA Diet Plan used Sunshine Review as a reference for the state budget.[172]
  • The Commonwealth Foundation cited Sunshine Review in its discussing the Pennsylvania Deficit Watch when noting the state budget General Fund revenues are $815 million short for the fiscal year to date.[177]
  • The Sunlight Foundation referenced Sunshine Review as a "hot spot" for following local and state transparency movements.[182]
  • The Real School Police Blog linked to us as a resource for open records cases.[184]
  • Radio talk show host and blogger Amy Oliver focused on the No taxation without information campaign pledging, "Going forward, it will be my mission to get my city — Greeley; my school district — Greeley Evans District Six, which has a “Comprehensive Accountability System” that doesn’t include budget transparency; my county — Weld County; and my state — Colorado to put their check registries on-line, in a searchable database.":[188]
  • The State Policy Network blog urged others to check out Colorado's transparency laws on Sunshine Review.[189]
  • Government Bytes wrote about The "My Government Website" Project on Sunshine Review saying it's "a wiki-style Website that hosts user reviews of local government Websites. Think about it: every city, county, and school district in the country. Pretty cool."[190]
  • The Cauldron by Caldara blog recommended checking out the Colorado pages on Sunshine Review.[191]
  • The Travis Monitor' mentioned Sunshine Review's launch, and so did Prairie Pundit and Texas Insider[192],[193],[194]

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[edit] Interviews

  • KRMG Radio praised Tulsa County's "A" transparency grade.[199]
  • Tulsa County, Oklahoma held a press conference and invited Kristinpedia to livestream interview for achieving a perfect transparency grade.[200]
  • WXRO Radio covered our evaluation of Dodge County.[202]
  • The Washington Times interviewed the Sam Adams Alliance about school spending and posting their check registers.[203]
  • PC World featured an interview about Sunshine Review quoting John Tsarpalas saying
"We have a lot of faith in the public," Tsarpalas said. "We saw that there was a real information gap when it came to transparency, and we just thought we needed to fill that information gap. We have a vested interest in how the government is spending our money -- I don't care what your viewpoint is."[205]
  • The Industry Standard featured an interview about how Sunshine Review is seeking voter input on a local level.[206]
  • Wikis were featured on SPN's New Media TV.[209]

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[edit] Sunshine Review used as a resource

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[edit] Press room

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[edit] References

  1. Orlando Sentinel, Districts' Web sites should be more "transparent," says non-profit group, November 13, 2009
  2. Tulsa Beacon, Oklahoma lawmakers want to cease funding for ACORN, October 29, 2009
  3. Tulsa World, County kudos, October 24, 2009
  4. Orlando Sentinel, Schools rated on record response, October 26, 2009
  5. Daily Commercial, Lake County School Board's Web site earns high marks, October 26, 2009
  6. Tulsa Business, Tulsa County Transparency Graded A+, October 21, 2009
  7. News on 9, Tulsa County Gets High Grade For Government Transparency, October 21, 2009
  8. Topix, Oklahoma Counties Fail Web Site Transparency Test, October 21, 2009
  9. New on 6, Tulsa County Gets High Grade For Government Transparency, October 21, 2009
  10. Daily Herald, County to make more documents available online, October 16, 2009
  11. News and Sentinel, Wood County earns ‘D-’ for Web site, October 18, 2009
  12. The Tennessean, Many TN counties lack Web sites, September 27, 2009
  13. Shelbyville Times Gazette, County works to improve web site, but watchdog group gives poor grades, September 27, 2009
  14. http://www.wztv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.tn/39c1ca0f-www.fox17.com.shtml WZTV Nashville, 36 Tenn. counties lack web site, survey finds, September 24, 2009]
  15. Richmond Register, County gets graded on Web site, September 19, 2009
  16. Alabama Press Register, Not all that transparent, September 14, 2009
  17. Sun Sentinel, School district websites in Florida get poor ratings, September 9, 2009
  18. Naples News, Web sites for Collier, Lee school districts graded on transparency, September 9, 2009
  19. Marco News, Web sites for Collier, Lee school districts graded on transparency, September 9, 2009
  20. Enid News, County Web sites designed to keep people informed, September 5, 2009
  21. Enid News, Enid schools have a Web site, 79 districts don’t, August 25, 2009
  22. The Oklahoman, Report ranks Oklahoma low on records accessibility, August 13, 2009
  23. Enid News, Garfield County looking to build Web site, August 12, 2009
  24. Tulsa World, County Web sites rated on government transparency, August 13, 2009
  25. Independent Mail, Openness is Anderson’s message at convention, July 29, 2009
  26. Jackson County Chronicle, Group hopes to better government website transparency; county initially gets F, July 15, 2009
  27. Missourian, Report says MU athletics misinterprets NCAA policies, June 26, 2009
  28. WCTV, County Web Sites Make Poor Grades, July 10, 2009
  29. Jacksonville News, Duval County praised for online public access, July 9, 2009
  30. Journal Times, County site gets C-minus for transparency, July 6, 2009
  31. Tooele Transport Bulletin, Arts fest, county Web site show transparency need, June 30, 2009
  32. Independent Mail, Anderson County’s open Web site lauded, June 23, 2009
  33. Examiner, American Majority info and Thomas Paine Video footage, June 21, 2009
  34. Times Daily, Florence school district Web site in state's top 12, June 15, 2009
  35. The American Spectator, After the Tea Parties, June 2009
  36. Chicago Crain Business, High-speed rail, Stroger kudos and water race, June 1, 2009
  37. The Birmingham News, OUR VIEW: A survey of Alabama's public school system Web sites shows good news, but also some areas needing work, June 4, 2009
  38. Jackson Free Press, Lawmakers Idle Waiting for Budget, May 28, 2009
  39. SJ Register, Paul Miller: Open government is an exception to the rule in Illinois, May 27, 2009
  40. Seattle Times, Will Legislature open its own records?, May 11, 2009
  41. Clare County online, SCHOOLS POST THEIR SPENDING ONLINE, April 19, 2009
  42. Mill Creek Times, Time for Transparency at the Mill Creek SSA, May 3, 2009
  43. East Valley Tribune, Arizona counties get high marks for open government, April 7, 2009
  44. The Plain Dealer, Cuyahoga County sued by Citizens for Sunshine director for access to medical mart records, March 27, 2009
  45. Hattiesburg American, Citizens pushing for more access to public records, March 18, 2009
  46. ICMA News Briefing, Sam Adams Alliance Praises Carbondale, Illinois, Website As Model Of Openness.
  47. The Daily Egyptian, Carbondale first Illinois city to meet transparency criteria, March 15, 2009
  48. The Oklahoman, Continue the push for transparency, March 15, 2009
  49. Wikinews, Thousands take part in protests across US against government's financial policy, March 1, 2009
  50. MinnPost.com, Many states, including Minnesota, lag in putting their spending on the Internet, Feb. 27, 2009
  51. Intelligence Daily, The California State Budget Disaster, Jan. 27, 2009
  52. Post Bulletin, Scene & Heard: History center retiree misses job already, Jan. 25, 2008
  53. The Times Picayune, St. Charles redesigns Web site, January 22, 2008
  54. Hawaii Reporter, Governments Making Budgets Transparent Online, 12/29/2008
  55. Argus Press Spectator, County Web site earns top marks for transparency, Dec. 8, 2008
  56. News-Gazette, Champaign County Web site recognized for openness, Dec. 4, 2008
  57. PJ Star, Illinoisans more than one click away, Nov. 30, 2008
  58. Beacon News, A not so twisted Web for counties, Dec. 1, 2008
  59. New Mexico Independent, Prying for public records can cost a pretty penny, Oct. 23, 2008
  60. Denver Post, "No Taxation without Information", September 25, 2008
  61. The Advocate, Parish Web sites need upgrades, September 1, 2008
  62. Bayou Buzz, Government Transparency
  63. The New York Times Caucus Blog, The Sam Adams Project, July 19, 2008
  64. Houma Today, Government Web sites get low marks, review says, September 15, 2008
  65. ARRA News Service, Government Transparency, August 29, 2008
  66. The Citizen, Gilford GOP wants more info online, May 3, 2008
  67. Shoutback, Tulsa County Gets High Grade For Government Transparency, October 21, 2009
  68. State Sunshine Records, Congratulations to Sam Adams Alliance and Tulsa and Maury counties, October 22, 2009
  69. Desoto County Schools blog, Sunshine Review rates district webpage, October 16, 2009
  70. Atlas Network, 2009 Templeton Freedom Award Winners, October 19, 2009
  71. [http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html Alvin Roth, Salary databases, October 12, 2009
  72. Roane Views, Roane County Web Site Lousy but Better than Some , September 28, 2009
  73. Texas Watchdog, Hat in hand, huddled masses make case for cash from Harris County Commissioners Court, September 29, 2009
  74. Post Politics, Bedford County Improving Website After Bad Review, September 27, 2009
  75. West Virginia Watchdog, W.Va Counties Receive F in Transparency, September 22, 2009
  76. United Nations Public Administrators Network, Measuring Transparency, July 22, 2009
  77. Blogher, Everyone needs a little clarity?, September 3, 2009
  78. Rankin County Tea Party, County Website earns “F” for Quality and Quantity of Information, August 19, 2009
  79. Slashdot, Arizona Considers Selling Capital Buildings
  80. Jason Pye, Georgia counties fail on transparency, Aug. 2, 2009
  81. Peach Pundit, Georgia counties fail on transparency, August 2, 2009
  82. SWGA Politics, South Georgia Counties and Transparency, Aug. 2, 2009
  83. Dunwoody Blog, Georgia Counties Lacking when it comes to transparency, July 30, 2009
  84. Dunwoody Blog, Dunwoody graded on transparency, July 31, 2009
  85. Talk Gwinnett, Georgia Counties Lacking When It Comes To Transparency, July 20, 2009
  86. New Mexico Liberty, Kudos to Diane Denish on Transparency, July 10, 2009
  87. Local Politics 101, How good is your County Website?, July 8, 2009
  88. Business and Media Institute, CBS Blames State Budget Woes on Economy, Ignores Growth of Government , June 23, 2009
  89. Conservative Caucus of Monroe County, PRESIDENT OBAMA WHERE IS THE MONEY!, July 6, 2009
  90. John Lott blog, How do they count "saved" jobs from stimulus? , July 3, 2009
  91. News Busters, 'Evening News' Blames State Budget Woes on Economy, Ignores Growth of Government, June 29, 2009
  92. American Issues Project, Capitalism Versus Socialism: Who Is Really "Mean?"
  93. Smart Girl Politics, Budget Transparency, June 3, 2009
  94. Freeman Online, Two Cheers for Transparency, June 2009
  95. Illinois Review, Demand Transparency: Open Illinois Week, May 18, 2009
  96. Red State Eclectic, The Irony of the State of the State of California, May 15, 2009
  97. Nevada State Employee Focus, Updates Related to Employee Salaries and Benefits, May 6, 2009
  98. Open dotdotdot, Spreading Government Openness, April 30, 2009
  99. Sunlight Foundation Blog, No Web Site Left Behind, April 30, 2009
  100. County Supervisors, Arizona Counties Score Top Marks in National Transparency Survey, April 10, 2009
  101. Publius Forum, Blogging The 2nd Annual Sammies, April 19, 2009
  102. Student News Daily, Tax Day Tea Parties, April 16, 2009
  103. World Net Daily, The Revolution has begun!, April 19, 2009
  104. The Freedom of Information Law Blog, The Sunshine Review, March 25, 2009
  105. Minnesota Independent, St. Louis, Olmsted counties outshine metro for Web site transparency, April 8, 2009
  106. Madville Times, South Dakota Counties Still Lagging in Web Development, April 8, 2009
  107. Le Templar, Arizona counties get high marks for open government, April 7, 2009
  108. 'Bama Docs, Alabama County Governments - What’s Available?, April 6, 2009
  109. The Bayou, Daybreaker: Transparency in Southeast Texas government, April 6, 2009
  110. Crystal Clear Conservative, Transparency Among Virginia Counties, April 2, 2009
  111. Get Right OK, School Board - We are autonomous of taxpayers, April 2, 2009
  112. City Data, Big CA Sales Tax Increase, April 1, 2009
  113. Transparent Nevada, State-by-State Sunshine Review, April 2, 2009
  114. Leslie Carbone, Sunshine Review rates Virginia county transparency, April 1, 2009
  115. E! The True Conservative Story, Sunshine Review Transparency Rankings, April 1, 2009
  116. Mario Burgos, A New Worst of List for New Mexico Counties, April 1, 2009
  117. Stix Blog, How transparent is your state and county????, April 1, 2009
  118. Kansas Meadowlark, Sunshine Review’s Evaluation of Kansas County Web Sites, March 31, 2009
  119. Freedom of Information Law Blog, The Sunshine Review, March 25, 2009
  120. Lux Libertas, Transparency and Accountability: The Simple Solutions, March 27, 2009
  121. Tea Party Boston 2009, Tax Day Tea Party, March 5, 2009
  122. Free Culture @ St. Kate's, Freedom of Information Day and Sunshine Week, March 16, 2009
  123. Campaign for Liberty, State and Local Government Spending Transparency, March 7, 2009
  124. Kingston TN Government blog, Open government Web sites, March 18, 2009
  125. Isolon.org, Coalition Partners
  126. Race 4 2012, Meet Palin’s Inner Circle, March 18, 2009
  127. Colorado Spending Transparency, Exposed: Ed lobby strategy to oppose transparency, March 13, 2009
  128. Surge USA, Chicago Tea Party
  129. Open Illinois, Carbondale Receives a 10/10 on Transparency from Sunshine Review, March 18, 2009
  130. Action, not words!, Do you know what your Senators and Representatives are doing while you sleep?, March 9, 2009
  131. Planet Open, Gov Bobby Jindal rejects stimulus dollars for Louisiana
  132. Voice for Liberty in Wichita, American Majority Activist Training a Success, March 2, 2009
  133. Oklahomans for Responsible Government, There’s this thing called “The Internet”, March 3, 2009
  134. Carbondale Gazette, City Website Transparency, March 3, 2009
  135. Carbondale Bytelife, apparently transparent, March 4, 2009
  136. Illinois Review, Carbondale: Model City for Open and Honest Government, March 4, 2009
  137. Taxpayer League in Minnesota, eUpdate 11/17/08
  138. Nonprofit Harvest, Harvesting the Stimulus, Feb. 19, 2009
  139. Jonathan Mallard, The RPS Budget/Finance Committee, Feb. 26, 2009
  140. Kilroy's Delaware, Jack Markell has a secret!, Feb. 13, 2009
  141. Camas Wasougal Watch, Distinguished Panelists Discuss Open Government to a Packed Room Wednesday Night, Feb. 26, 2009
  142. Family Foundation Blog, Another Transparency Victory (Or, A Legislative Journey: The Life And Times Of HB 2285), Feb. 27, 2009
  143. Mass Chat Pac, Visual Transparency, Feb. 25, 2009
  144. Obama States of America, Chicago Tea Party, Feb. 23, 2009
  145. LawHog, Closed Doors in Benton County, Oct. 26, 2008
  146. FOI FYI, Open records law proposals posted online by state, Feb. 12, 2009
  147. Reason:Hit & Run", Minority Whipping, in California and Elsewhere, Feb. 18, 2009
  148. Heliosphere, California's Taxpaying Chumps, Feb. 19, 2008
  149. Granite Grok, Podcast for 02/14/09
  150. The Voice for School Choice, Sunshine on Beaufort County School District, Feb. 16, 2009
  151. Delaware Liberal, DelCOG Meeting — The State of FOIA Activity, Feb. 7, 2009
  152. Whaling City Forum, Talk:Evaluation of Massachusetts school district websites, Feb. 6, 2009
  153. Illinois Policy Institute, Announcing Open Illinois Week: Feb. 23-27!
  154. PI Buzz, Government Spending Transparency Databases, Feb. 12, 2009
  155. Sunlight Foundation, Show Us the Spending, Feb. 6, 2009
  156. Choice Remarks, Let the sun shine in, Feb. 6, 2009
  157. Tertium Quids, How Much Does Transparency Cost?, Jan. 24, 2009
  158. Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Elsewhere, What do you know about school finance?, Jan. 22, 2009
  159. Resource Shelf, Taxpayer Group Announces Government Spending “Transparency” Web Site
  160. Students for a Free Economy, Michigan Budget Wiki, Jan. 27th, 2009
  161. Great Plains Public Policy Institute, South Dakota Open Book
  162. Save the Morrissvile School blog, Board Transparency, Feb. 2, 2009
  163. Heritage's "The Foundry", Let the Sunshine In, Feb. 3, 2009
  164. Face the State, State, local government lagging in placing key info on Web, January 30, 2009
  165. BuckRun Outdoors, California State Budget Disaster, Jan. 27, 2009
  166. Intellectual Conservatism, The California State Budget Disaster, Jan. 27, 2009
  167. Talk about a revolution, When Transparency comes to town, January 24, 2009
  168. The Independence Institute, The California State Budget Disaster, Jan. 25, 2009
  169. Texas Watchdog, And the award for top-notch government transparency goes to … (drumroll) … Louisiana?, January 22, 2009
  170. Commonwealth Foundation, Evaluation of Pennsylvania School District Websites, Jan. 16, 2009
  171. Penn Live Forum
  172. PA Diet Plan, PA Budget Deficit Grows to $815 million, Jan. 5, 2009
  173. Massachusetts Campaign For Open Government, Whats new in open records?, Nov. 20, 2008
  174. Wake Up America blog, Randy Koschnick for Supreme court, Nov. 13, 2008
  175. Kansas Meadowlark, Open Records, Jan. 2, 2009
  176. This is common sense, We're Number 2, Dec. 26, 2008
  177. Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania Deficit Watch | January 2009, January 6, 2009
  178. Twitter, Sunshine Review: Oklahoma - Transparency in schools needed, not more cash
  179. The Vital Signs blog, Let the Sunshine In!, January 14, 2009
  180. The BIG Campaign, Post about Council Pleading Guilty to Open Meeting Charges, Sept. 30, 2008
  181. Citizen Access, Resources
  182. Sunlight Foundation, Sunshine States, September 2008
  183. Commonwealth Foundation Policy Blog, Pennsylvania' $1.6 billion budget shortfall, and Rendell's fixes, Dec. 9, 2008
  184. Real School Police, Georgia Transparency Headlines, January 2009
  185. School Board Transparency, Why no transparency dishonor roll?, Dec. 3, 2008
  186. Conservative Reform Network, Transparency in Government, Dec. 1, 2008
  187. OFRG Blog, Sunshine Review: Transparency needed, not more cash for Oklahoma schools
  188. Amy Oliver's Blog, My crusade: No taxation without information!, August 11, 2008
  189. State Policy Blog, Transparency Moves Ahead in Colorado , August 7, 2008
  190. How transparent is your local government website?
  191. Cauldron by Caldara, Thanks for making this an issue, July 25, 2008
  192. Travis Monitor, RightOnline Conference, July 17, 2008
  193. Prairie Pundit, Let sunshine on government, July 17, 2008
  194. Texas Insider, New Website Offers Information on Government Transparency, July 18, 2008
  195. The Minnesota Center for Independent Media, Sunshine Review shines light on governors' e-mail records, July 16, 2008
  196. Team Hammond Taxpayers Group Blog
  197. Granite Grok, Transparency in government - another step locally, May 3, 2008
  198. Sunlight Foundation Blog, Local Sunlight, May 8, 2008
  199. KRMG Radio, Tulsa County Website Given Top Grade., October 21, 2009
  200. Tulsa County, Tulsa County Receives National Recognition for Transparency, October 21, 2009
  201. 1340 AM, Jefferson County Website Passes, September 23, 2009
  202. WXRO Radio, Dodge County Gets D- by Sunshine Review Group, July 14, 2009
  203. Washington Times, Schools post their spending online, April 19, 2009
  204. Fighting taxation without information
  205. PC World, New Web Sites Focus on Empowering Voters, August 8, 2008
  206. The Industry Standard, New Web sites focus on empowering voters, August 8, 2008
  207. Fausta's Blog Talk Radio Show, Oct. 16, 2008
  208. Sue Jeffers Show, Transparency interview, Sept. 27, 2008
  209. New Media TV, Wonderful World of Wikis
  210. Wisconsin Radio Network, Mixed grades for county websites, July 13, 2009