OpenSecrets.org Observes ‘Sunshine Week’
Every week is Sunshine Week here at OpenSecrets.org, where shining light in the dark corners of politics is, like fish swimming and birds flying, just what we do.
But lo, there’s an actual Sunshine Week, too. And it begins today.
Led by the American Society of News Editors and funded in large part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Sunshine Week is billed as “a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know.”
A slate of formal events is scheduled in observance of Sunshine Week. But be sure to check OpenSecrets.org’s Capital Eye blog each day this week, as we highlight in our morning Capital Eye Opener report different initiatives we believe are helping create new levels of government transparency.
On Friday, we’ll also publish a special report on the openness of several government issues and entities we routinely track.
So happy Sunshine Week. It’s indeed a week that reminds us that keeping government open and accountable is an effort for each day of the year.
We look forward to shedding new light on government with you.
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