Sunshine Week is a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.
Led by the American Society of News Editors, Sunshine Week is funded primarily by a challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of Miami.
Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.
Though spearheaded by journalists, Sunshine Week is about the public's right to know what its government is doing, and why.
Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.
It's a nonpartisan initiative whose supporters are conservative, liberal and everything in between. For complete information and materials, go to: http://www.sunshineweek.org/
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