Bright Ideas 2008

From tropical islands to snowy peaks, Sunshine spread across land March 16-22 as newspapers, broadcasters, online media, schools, libraries, public officials, civic groups and individuals celebrated open government with Sunshine Week 2008.

The theme of this year's initiative, The Sunshine Campaign, was picked up by public officials and citizens alike, who used the occasion to talk about preserving and protecting access to government information and meetings. Others focused on special projects such as information audits or general education about how to get and use the records that rightfully belong to the people.

This is only the beginning of what we've seen; more will be posted regularly, so be sure to keep checking back, and let us know if we've missed anything.

View the gallery here.