Politics & Government

How Open Is Your Government?

Take the Sunshine Week poll and our poll and let us know what you think.

This week, Burlingame Patch has been celebrating Sunshine Week 2012 through coversation and education about the importance of open government and the public’s right to know what government is doing and why.

We've shared accessible online and tech resources on how to use local, state and federal sunshine and freedom of information laws, told you what kinds of public records are available and how to get, use and decipher them, and explained how and why journalists use them to further one of our core missions of informing our communities well. And we want to hear from you about how you feel about the subject.

This year Sunshine Week is co-sponsored by ASNE and the Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press and many other media industry partners, including Patch. The goal is to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in government transparency.  The week is funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of Miami, along with the ASNE Foundation, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and others.  

So how open is our government? Take the Sunshine Week quiz and our poll and let us know what you think.


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