This is Sunshine Week. Sunshine Week is a national initiative designed to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofit organizations, schools, and others interested in the public's right to know.
As part of their observance of Sunshine Week, representatives from a number of news media outlets are visiting government offices in many parts of the region to see how accessible public documents are. Documents requested are of the type that should be readily accessible (although they may not often be requested during other times of the year).
For more information about Sunshine Week, please visit:
For a Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, MA) report on its initial 2011 Sunshine Week initiative, please visit:
Sentinel & Enterprise: City, town officials fulfill request for public document (13 MAR 11)
For more information related to access to public records by residents and other interested parties, please visit:
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