Sunshine_Review
Sunshine Review was an American nonprofit organization that advocated for increased government transparency.[1][2]
Sunshine Review was a website prior to becoming its own nonprofit organization. The wiki-based website was launched in July 2008 as a project of the Sam Adams Alliance.[3] In 2010, Sunshine Review separated from the Sam Adams Alliance and launched its own organization with a mission of educating the public about proactive disclosure of government data and other open government initiatives.[citation needed]
Sunshine Review addressed several areas of transparency, including state spending, state sunshine laws, and rating local government websites on transparency.[4] Sunshine Review worked with the National Taxpayers Union[5] to develop information on state spending, and with the Lucy Burns Institute which runs the WikiFOIA project.[6] Sunshine Review developed a ten-point transparency checklist to evaluate if government websites proactively and voluntarily disclose information to the public and media.[7]
On July 9, 2013, Sunshine Review was acquired by the Lucy Burns Institute and merged into Ballotpedia.[8]