SEMANA DE LA LUZ EN ESTADOS UNIDOS

Más de 50 organizaciones periodísticas se han sumado a la Semana de la Luz (Sunshine week), una iniciativa que pretende luchar contra el "secretismo informativo" del gobierno estadounidense. Según estos medios de comunicación (entre ellos The Miami Herald, The Sun Sentinel y Associated Press), después de los atentados del 11-S la Administración Bush produjo un apagón informativo y cada vez es más difícil conseguir información gubernamental.

"Antes del 11-S, la información gubernamental era accesible, a menos que existiese un buen motivo para mantenerla en secreto. Ahora, la información gubernamental es secreta, a menos que se demuestre lo contrario" (Theresa Medoff, presidenta de la Asociación de la Prensa de Delaware)

En Coloradoan online lo explican de la siguiente manera:

"Consider this scenario: The owner of a company decides to hire a new employee. Several candidates are interviewed, and one is selected. A few weeks or months down the line, the employee starts holding closed-door meetings and excludes the owner. Additionally, the employee refuses to allow the owner to look at company files.

If such a scenario played out in the private sector, that employee would be fired.

But in government, that situation has arisen time and again with little accountability. Government's owners, also known as taxpayers and the general public, are increasingly being shut out of what should be public meetings and refused access to public records by their employees, also known as elected officials and paid staff".

Sigue la Semana de la luz en Sunshineweek.