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Can The Internet Save FOIA? — Making Government Transparent and Accountable - Sunlight Foundation Blog
Topic: Politics and Law 12:39 pm EST, Dec 18, 2009

So for starters, what is the Freedom of Information Act? Essentially it’s a law giving individuals and organizations a way to access government information. People can make requests for a wide range of government records and data, which we in the transparency movement refer to as “awesome.” If Apollo was the Greek god of sunlight, you can think of FOIA requests as Apollo’s arrows trying to pierce through the darkness. Ok, I admit that’s probably a little over the top, but in government transparency FOIA has that feel. Unfortunately, the rules for FOIA resemble the DMV more than they do archery.

david was the sunlight intern. his wit and insight will be missed. have a good time in rochester dave!

--timball

Can The Internet Save FOIA? — Making Government Transparent and Accountable - Sunlight Foundation Blog



 
 
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