Sunshine Week highlights need for yearlong vigilance at state and federal levels

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Sunshine Week covers a range of stories and is known for the level of secrecy it maintains along with a contradictory openness about the state that it offers in its stories. A new survey conducted for Sunshine Week revealed that out of 10 Americans are concerned about government secrecy and more than half think there's not enough access to public records.

Public records, Surveys, Official secrets, Sunshine laws

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FOI report: summer records work perfect election preparation

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The time of presidential election, focuses on the Freedom of Information Act, bringing into action to know how exactly the funds of the people are utilized. The methods of getting the required data about election expenditure in terms of donors, interest groups, nonprofit organizations for influence-peddling, bribing etc. are discussed.

Financial management, Political organizations, Labor Distribution by Employer, Political Persuasion Organizations, Methods, Finance, Statistics, Company financing, Presidential elections, Political fund raising, Pressure groups, Special interest groups

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More daunting tests ahead pitting 'right to know' against 'need to know'

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The state lawmakers gathered on the energy security summit as well on the teleconference with the Council of State Governments discussed on energy security and related homeland security issues. The lawmakers attempted to balance the interests of safety and security with public access to information.

Other General Government Support, Information Dissemination-Natl Govt, Access control, Defense information, Classified, Classified defense information, Government information

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