We gathered at the MLK Memorial Library on 3/19 for #SunshineWeek 2026 with dcjusticelab.bsky.social & freedcproject.bksy.social to ask: whose information is it anyway?"The public's information is the public's information." — DC Auditor Kathy Patterson
Join me at @dcogc.bsky.social's @sunshineweek.bsky.social event on Thursday, March 19, 5:30pm @ MLK @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social . bsky.app/profile/dcog...
This Thursday! This could be you!
It's #sunshineweek! Sign up for our free and open to the public event at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the MLK Library downtown to talk about transparency - and lack thereof - in the D.C. govenment. Sign up here: luma.com/7mczqpqr?tk=...
Join the D.C. Open Government Coaltion at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 as we hold our annual free and open to the public #sunshineweek event at the MLK Library. We will mull the state of transparency in the District. Hint: it's not so great. Sign up here: luma.com/7mczqpqr
Join dcogc.bksy.social for our annual #sunshineweek Summit 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19 at the MLK Library downtown. Sign up here! luma.com/7mczqpqr
Whose Information is it anyway? Join the D.C. Open Government Coalition at 5:30 on Thursday, March 19 at the MLK Library for our annual #sunshineweek event. Sign up here: luma.com/7mczqpqr
DCOGC board members push for greater law enforcement transparency. Read and listen here: www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/y...
Planning to testify on Wednesday 2/25 at the D.C. Council’s hearing on policing, immigration enforcement in the District and lack of transparency? We have tips.
bit.ly/3OEGWt4
(4/4) We’re working to change that.
The D.C. Open Government Coalition is pushing for stronger transparency laws and real enforcement.
Learn more: link in bio.
(3/4) Public records laws exist for a reason:
to ensure timely access to information about how government works.
When responses take years, accountability suffers.
(2/4) If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Chronic FOIA delays are common — and they undermine trust in government.
(1/4) That shouldn’t happen. Ever.
FOIA delays like this block access to information the public has a right to see. Transparency delayed is transparency denied.
Journalism, law, and transparency—Bob brings decades of experience and expertise to the Coalition. From the newsroom to the courtroom to the policy table, he’s spent his career advancing the public’s right to access government information.
Save the Date: Thursday March 19
“Whose Information Is It, Anyway?” D.C. Open Government Coalition’s annual celebration of Sunshine Week from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday March 19, 2026 at the MLK Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW.
We also promise an evening of fun!
www.dcogc.org/events
Here’s to continuing the work in 2026. 💙
DCOGC 2025 Wrapped 🎧
This year, we educated reporters, fought secret government meetings, defended access to public records, restored funding for public archives, and helped residents navigate open government in D.C.
✨ Meet Miranda — DCOGC’s VP & Chair of Community Outreach.
An award-winning investigative journalist and author of Backroom Deals in Our Backyards, she leads our open government training efforts and helps the public learn how to access information and demand accountability. 💙
Open government doesn’t happen by accident.
It happens because people ask questions, demand answers, and stay engaged.
Grateful for this community. 💙
New board member Kevin Bell talks transparency on Reddit, and no surprise, encountered skepticism about just how transparent the government is.
Take a read here:
www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/b...
A partial victory in the D.C. Open Government's Coalition two-year battle to get the District government to provide information about is compliancewith its own open records laws. More on this soon.
www.dcogc.org/dcogc-blog/court-orders-district-to-produce-long-sought-foia-records
FOIA is basically Kermit with the tea — calm, unbothered, and always ready to spill the real story. ☕👀
Transparency isn’t drama. It’s accountability.
And FOIA always has the receipts.
#FOIA #OpenGovernment #RightToKnow #GovernmentTransparency #Accountability #SpillTheTea
Amazing how something as “small” as FOIA ends up propping up all of democratic society.
Remove transparency and the whole thing shakes.
Protect it, use it, defend it.
Democracy stands because the public can see. 💡
#FOIA #OpenGovernment #Transparency #RightToKnow #Accountability
Open government = transparency + accountability + public participation.
It’s not just access — it’s two-way communication between residents and their government.
DCOGC works to keep D.C.’s records and meetings open to the people.
#OpenGov #DCOGC #DC
Meet Tom Susman — a leader in open government. From shaping the 1974 FOIA Amendments to litigating major transparency cases and founding the D.C. Open Government Coalition, his impact is unmatched. Grateful for his decades of work advancing transparency and accountability.
She continues to advance open government through her leadership and advocacy.
💬 “Questions are the sparks that fuel an informed democracy.”
#MemberSpotlight #OpenGovernment #Transparency #FOIA #PublicAccess #Accountability #Community
Meet Kirsten Mitchell, president of the @dcogc.bsky.social a D.C. resident of 26 years and career-long champion of public access. After a career in journalism, she helped launch the federal FOIA Ombuds office at the National Archives.
New @dcogc board member @kevinok.bsky.social has filed an important case on behalf of @freedom.press efforts to get ICE to respond to public records requests via #foia.
🎃 D.C. Open Government Coalition
No tricks. Just transparency.
🔍 Learn more: dcogc.org
#FOIA #RightToKnow #Accountability #DCGov
