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That Sunshine Review is currently rating each county in the United States on the transparency of it's website? Join the project here: Portal:My Government Website.

Sunshine Troublemakers of the Week
Michael Butler wants to know who the mayor of Hallandale Beach, Florida sends her "I'm great" e-mails to. Instead of giving him those records, the city of 40,000 has hired an attorney at $185/hour to contest his request. And we thought that cities were struggling to fund essential services... ...More

Sunshine Quote of the Day:
"Examining public records should never require extraordinary legal or bureaucratic efforts. When it does, it's usually a red flag.”--New Jersey civic activist Don Baldwin.

WikiFOIA is an online space about:

Freedom of information at the state and local level.
Legislation governing access to public documents at the state and local level.
Court cases with an impact on access to public documents.
Noteworthy open records requests at the state and local level.
The history of open records legislation in each of the fifty states.
Individuals and groups who are part of the story of state-level open records and transparency.

Featured Transparency Article
All across the nation legislators are debating bills that change the parameters of state FOIA laws. See what bills have been proposed in your state.

Transparency Headlines
By visiting the category:transparency headlines and selecting the state you are interested in, you can get a very complete and up-to-date review of what kinds of transparency issues are making the news. And if you find a great news article about governmental transparency in your area, please add it to the list!

How You Can Help

You can get involved with the WikiFOIA project on Sunshine Review by editing (adding or improving information) on any page in the WikiFOIA category. In particular, if you are knowledgeable about sunshine lawsuits, we are working to improve that section of WikiFOIA.

A note on sponsorship

WikiFOIA is sponsored by the Lucy Burns Institute. Contact Leslie Graves or Sara Key (aka Maverick) with any questions.

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