ENGAGE TO SHED LIGHT ON YOUR GOVERNMENT
Rate Your Government
Rate your local and state government’s websites according to the Sunshine Review’s 10 Point Transparency Checklist. The website ratings of all 50 states, and thousands of counties, municipalities and school district can be found here. Tutorial videos are available here to teach you how to use the wiki’s interface.
State by State
For information on your state legislature, organizations leading transparency initiatives, and transparency activities in your state, click below on your state.
FOIA FAQs
Find the answers to frequently asked questions about FOIA information and requests.
FOIA Request Generator
Use this unique fully automated, fill-in-the-blanks state open records law request letter generator to efficiently make a proper FOIA request.
Perform An Audit
Form an audit committee and check out what’s going on in your local government’s books. Make sure to measure their performance as well.
Ask Your Legislator or Local County/City Official
Get involved and find out how your lawmakers view proactive disclosure and transparency. Click here to find questions that you should ask your state legislator and local leaders, and an explanation of why lawmakers should have answers.
Write A Letter
Write a letter to an editor
Write a letter to your legislator
Propose Model Legislation
Promote model legislation to enact a Sunshine Standard.
Take The Sunshine Pledge
If you are a legislator, take the pledge to ensure that you are exercising your power to hold your government accountable to the taxpayers by proactively disclosing information about how government operates and how it is spending the people’s money. By doing so, the people have the maximum opportunity to make informed decisions.
