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Administrative/Regulatory,
Government

Sep. 21, 2023

The Government Transparency Act is good medicine

Resistance to disclosure sometimes coincides with investigations into malfeasance by public officials. Often, resistance to disclosure appears to simply be the result of a culture of non-transparency in government, which has only gotten worse in recent years.

Jerry Flanagan

Litigation Director
Consumer Watchdog

6330 San Vicente Blvd, Suite 250
Los Angeles , CA 90048

Email: jerry@consumerwatchdog.org

Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA

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Ryan Mellino

Attorney
Consumer Watchdog

Open Government

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“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of its people, and a people strong enough and well informed enough to maintain its sovereign control over its government.”

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Embracing the principle that “sunshine is the best disinfectant,” a new propo...

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