Friday, March 18, 2011

In the Shadow of Sunshine Week

Only the guilty need fear Sunshine Week.

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As Sunshine Week sets, it’s a good time to take a quick inventory of the federal government’s ongoing failures of transparency.

MapLight.org, which tracks the influence of money in politics, ran down the opacity the public confronts at every level of government — from antiquated campaign-finance reporting requirements to Freedom of Information Act shortfalls.

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