Sunshine Week: a project of the American Society of News Editors and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
The USA Today Network of Gannett papers in Wisconsin (including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) asks How open is your government? Tell us:
They’re entrusted with important responsibilities to keep people safe, educate kids, maintain roads and enforce rules fairly. Taxpayers fund their salaries. But just how public are public officials?
That’s what we want to know.
As part of Sunshine Week — a celebration in March commemorating the public’s right to government records and proceedings — USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is looking for people in central Wisconsin to share their experiences with accessing government information.
Maybe you’ve tussled for records or information from city hall, a state agency or the federal government.
Maybe you questioned the legality of a school board going into closed session, a procedure that excludes the public from a meeting.Or maybe you have a positive story — an experience with a government official who helped you connect to information or otherwise demonstrated the virtues of transparency in government.
Whatever the case, we’d like to know.
To share your story, contact reporter Jonathan Anderson at 715-898-7010 or jonathan.anderson@gannettwisconsin.com. You can also find him on Twitter at @jonathanderson.