Missed the chance to get our FOIA and Find Out shirt at #SunshineFest? There's still time to get our limited edition cherry blossom tee.
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Members of the US #FOIA Advisory Committee took public comments & suggestions at the #SunshineFest today during #SunshineWeek, improving draft recommendations to improve the Freedom of Information Act: foia.blogs.archives.gov/2026/03/06/f... Open government in action! #OpenGov
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Packed crowds at Sunshine Fest! Panelists this morning showcased tools, websites and other resources, chatting about criminalizing FOI, immigration secrecy and more. #SunshineFest
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“The right to know about the actions of government is an important part of America’s democratic heritage.
Transparency has reduced corruption, lowered taxes, and saved lives.”
Thank you to everyone who has made #FOIA stronger!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a9U... #SunshineWeek #SunshineFest
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“9 SLAPPs. 3 arrests. 1 prison remand. 1 bench warrant.”
Wikki Times is facing concerted attempts to chill & criminalize its work in Nigeria.
But journalism is not a crime.
#SunshineWeek #SunshineFest
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Watch the livestream tomorrow of a panel I will be moderating at #sunshinefest in DC. 9 a.m. eastern. All about people who have cracked the code of state/local secrecy.
video.ibm.com/channel/BvDQ...
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“Photograph of a clear award with the words National freedom of information act Hall of Fame 2026,” and the name of your your author, with the US Capitol in the background. Government transparency, from the outside. Congress is not subject to the freedom of information act, but it should be!
I just had a brief moment in the sun on a cloudy day. Freedom of information has made our union stronger. Public access to public records enable a public to be self-governing. Knowledge is power: use it!
foia.blogs.archives.gov/2026/03/11/o... #SunshineWeek #FOIA #SunshineFest
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Bringing reporting based upon public records obtained under FOI behind a paywall is good for public interest, public access, public knowledge, & for business, argues Seth Stern, FPD: more news media should make journalism based on public records open to all.
#SunshineFest #OpenGov #OpenData #FOIA
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“Public records access is access for all”— Amalie Nash @knightfoundation.org
#FOIA #sunshinefest #sunshineweek #opengov
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“It’s freedom of information for everyone, not some” – David Cuillier @brechnerfoi.bsky.social
#SunshineFest #FOIA #OpenGov #sushineweek
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MuckRock is at #SunshineFest in Washington, D.C.! We'll be sharing the highlights from the conference and celebrating government transparency.
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I’m at the #SunshineFest in Washington, DC today to start #SunshineWeek, celebrating freedom of information on James Madison’s birthday. Livestream of opening plenary: video.ibm.com/channel/BvDQ...
Agenda: sunshineweek.org/sunshine-fest/
#OpenGov #FOIA
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Eager to talk about #backroomdealsinourbackyards as a pre #sunshineweek event at the Tucson Festival of Books. If you are in the area, I am on at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. before heading to #sunshinefest in DC.
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Sunshine Week, March 15-21, 2026
👋 Come find us at #SunshineFest next week and see for yourself how we're using simulation games to promote transparency and accountability!
Here's where we'll be...
cc: @brechnerfoi.bsky.social @muckrock.com @knightfoundation.org
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The Brechner Freedom of Information Project announced the 2026 class of the National FOIA Hall of Fame for “outstanding contributions to advancing freedom of information” in the U.S. government. The new inductees will be honored at #SunshineFest in DC during @sunshineweek.bsky.social in March.
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🌞 #SunshineFest 2025 featured 180+ attendees, inspiring speakers, and important conversations on freedom of information.
🎥 Plenary session recordings coming soon on YouTube. Check out the biggest takeaways here: brechner.org/2025/03/24/s...
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Tactics of Trump Transparency continue to abide by what I documented in a 2023 article bit.ly/4izHieT . Only more intense. That's what I learned in D.C. at #Sunshinefest, where experts lamented sunlessness of Trumpgov. My article, "Transparency Versus Populism" ungated version here: bit.ly/4hGyNNO
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Wrapping up our #SunshineWeek coverage, Good Jobs First's Greg LeRoy writes about the importance of state- and local-level disclosures in economic development being more important than ever. And what he heard during the inaugural #SunshineFest.
#SunshineWeek
goodjobsfirst.org/sunshine-wee...
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I picked up a great souvenir at #SunshineFest this #SunshineWeek. It goes well with an artifact from the Sunlight Foundation (RIP). “Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of […]
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Photo of bottles of hand sanitizer with quotes about sunlight being a disinfectant
I picked up a great souvenir at #SunshineFest this #SunshineWeek. It goes well with an artifact from the Sunlight Foundation (RIP.)
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.”-Justice Louis Brandeis
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Photo of Kevin Goldberg
All of the Sunshine Week sponsors from peak open
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When celebrities stood up for sunshine in government
Great talk about 20 years of #SunshineWeek at #SunshineFest by Kevin Goldberg.
SunshineWeek.org looks mighty different now, but the need for more government transparency & public access to information endures.
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Sheila Abers speaks at Sunshine Fest
Listening to Shirley Albers talk about how she used the Kansas public records law to hold a police department accountable for killing her son.
The officer & chief have since resigned:
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
The department is now more transparent.
#SunshineFest #SunshineWeek
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Chelsea Curtis speaks at Sunshine Fest
Listening to Chelsea Curtis talk about how she used freedom of information laws to uncover stories & build a database about Indigenous people who are missing or were murdered across Arizona: azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona/ #SunshineFest #SunshineWeek #OpenGov #ddj
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Sam Satterly speaks at Sunshine Fest
Listening to freedom of information champions at #SunshineFest. Sam Satterly just told the story of the Valley of the Drums: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d914... #SunshineWeek
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In another panel, Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project defends DOGE’s record on transparency. #Sunshinefest
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@jasonleopold.bsky.social makes the point that some labeling of request(er)s as vexatious comes from requests that aren’t narrowly tailored or that hadn’t been researched first: pre-request research. #sunshinefest
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Not only “FOIA terrorist” Jason Leopold (2nd from rt), but also the real Frank Curry (w/mic)), who was described as a bot when he sent out scores of requests thru the FOIA Buddy app he created. #sunshinefest
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Our #SunshineWeek conversation on AI & FOIA is streaming live https://www.youtube.com/live/qnd3H6sN_Uc #SunshineFest
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