FOURTH ANNUAL SUNSHINE WEEK SYMPOSIUM - MARCH 11–15, 2024
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) is happy to announce that this year’s annual Sunshine Week symposium will feature a variety of voices from the center-right space discussing the importance of transparency, open government, and Freedom of Information (FOI) laws at the federal, state, and local levels. The symposium will also highlight the important work that Americans for Prosperity’s state chapters and AFPF have done to make government more accountable through the defense of open-records laws, as well as the creative use of the FOI-request process.
Participants include representatives from:
- Southeastern Legal Foundation
- Better Cities
- National Taxpayers Union Foundation
- The Mercatus Center at George Mason University
- FOIA Advisor
- AFP & AFPF
The symposium webinar will be held on Thursday, March 14th, at 1pm Eastern. The registration link is below.
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How Public Records Have Revealed the Antiquated State of Pennsylvania’s Health Care Laws
Thomas Kimbrell Transparency laws like the FOIA and state open records and meetings laws are championed as…
FOIA Reflects the Spirit and Principles of the Great American Experiment
Liam Gallagher Just under 250 years ago, a groundbreaking experiment unfolded. One of the most significant in…
Transparent, Open Government: What It Takes, What It Delivers, And How It Actually Helps Governments
Greg Brooks & Patrick Tuohey We all understand that transparency in government is an unalloyed good, but…
Check the Fine Print: The Hidden Cost of Reading Regulations
Andrew Blackburn Of all the categories of government-issued documents, regulations should be the easiest to access. Regulations…
Accounting for Nonprofit FOIA Litigators
Allan Blutstein In an essay for AFPF’s Sunshine Week symposium last year, Rutgers University law professor Bernard…
Breaking Down the Broken Budget: Inside Congress’s Dysfunction and the Fight for Fiscal Transparency
Joe Bishop-Henchman Transparent government it ain’t: last week, the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate approved a 1,050-page…
