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Sunshine Laws
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Sunshine Laws
Laws at both federal and state levels requiring regulators to make meetings and decisions public. Some sunshine laws allow ordinary citizens to attend the meetings, but all aim to increase transparency in economic regulation. The SEC, for example, makes many of its decisions available for public view on its website.


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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)72 is a discovery tool under which anyone may request a government agency to supply copies of any information it possesses with respect to a certain subject under its jurisdiction.
Based on the belief that everyone has the "right to know" what type of information the government maintains, the Freedom of Information Act was developed.
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 21, 2009 SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Act A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.
 
 
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