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The Decatur Herald and Review published wrote about the Illinois Policy Institute's "Transparency Checklist" in an editorial about Sunshine Week.
The Illinois Policy Institute’s 10 Point Transparency Checklist was featured in the Decatur Herald and Review.
Gary Sawyer wrote about the checklist in his column about Sunshine Week, a week that hundreds of news organization use to highlight the value of open government:
Effective government is open
The transparency checklist by the Illinois Policy Institute is without a doubt a high standard for local governmental bodies to meet. A perfect score on the checklist would require a more open approach to government than the law requires. But why shouldnt governments strive for a high level of openness in their government? And why shouldnt taxpayers demand it?
Read the column online by clicking here.