Sunshine Week is a week devoted to “the public’s right to know what its government is doing, and why” The best way to accomplish that is to shine a huge Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) light on the shady shroud of secrecy surrounding some government tactics. Despite other politicians’ claims of wanting more transparency, “efforts to boost openness often are being thwarted by old patterns of secrecy” The Associated Press surveyed all 50 states and found that there have been some recent improvements due to a “skeptical public demanding more information” during this economic crisis.”]