When are you most forthcoming with life updates? And when are you the most transparent about exactly what those updates are? For most folks—show of hands, please—it's when things are going well.

Not surprisingly, governments are similarly inclined. Yet, it turns out, broad government transparency not only breeds goodwill, begetting still more transparency — it can change lives for the ...

But I believe data transparency is one of the pillars of a healthy democracy. Representation in Congress, for example, is based on Census data, which the U.S. Constitution requires the federal ...

He’s sued school boards, budget commissions, boards of elections and village councils — everywhere from Hamilton County to Ashtabula — for failing to comply with the state’s sunshine laws, which are ...

Public records requested under the Freedom of Information Act have helped shape health policy and keep the government ...

Not surprisingly, governments are similarly inclined. Yet, it turns out, broad government transparency not only breeds goodwill, begetting still more transparency — it can change lives for the better.

Some do admit missing nuances to open government laws and have made small changes accordingly. A commissioner in Lorain County, for example, told the Chronicle that its budget commission is paying ...