The key to our watchdog work — shining a light on government and holding public officials accountable — comes down to a single word: Transparency.
In our world it means relatively easy access to public information — documents and records on how government employees spend our tax dollars and make their policy decisions.
The “paper trail” is essential because we can’t review or assess what we can’t see, and we can’t see what’s hidden behind a public official’s closed door. Transparency is what U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis was talking about a century ago when he said, “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Continue>>>
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