{"id":214114,"date":"2023-02-24T02:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T06:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/?p=214114"},"modified":"2025-12-11T05:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:11:21","slug":"sunshine-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/2023\/02\/24\/sunshine-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Week 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"214114\" class=\"elementor elementor-214114\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-535daa18 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"535daa18\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2b6dd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2b6dd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><b>What is Sunshine Week?<\/b><\/h1><p>Started in 2005 by the New Leaders Association, Sunshine Week is a national\u00a0initiative designed to \u201cpromote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.\u201d<\/p><p>An annual reminder, Sunshine Week provides an opportunity for governments to reexamine the status of open, accessible, and transparent processes and practices that comply with local Sunshine Laws.<\/p><h2><b>How local governments can be Sunshine compliant<\/b><\/h2><p>Increase public trust and efficiently stay compliant using open and transparent public meeting practices that allow the public to:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3b29fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3b29fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_graphic-1024x384.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-229737\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_graphic-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_graphic-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_graphic-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_graphic-1536x576.png 1536w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_graphic-2048x768.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd7f8ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd7f8ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Open Public Meetings<\/b><\/h2>\nWhether it is a regular recurring public meeting or a special community event, open public meeting\u00a0compliance and success is all about access and records retention! Here are some things to consider when planning and selecting the tools you will need:\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6263b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6263b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_chart-scaled-1-819x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-229738\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_chart-scaled-1-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_chart-scaled-1-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_chart-scaled-1-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_chart-scaled-1-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_chart-scaled-1-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/sunshine-week-graphics_chart-scaled-1-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0dd87a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0dd87a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSunshine Week is the perfect time to get started increasing transparency and accessibility. Find out how your community can benefit from the PublicInput solution today!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ad1a2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7ad1a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe3e50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cbe3e50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.publicinput.com\/request-a-demo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get a demo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb170b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fb170b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Explore Our Platform<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Sunshine Week? Started in 2005 by the New Leaders Association, Sunshine Week is a national\u00a0initiative designed to \u201cpromote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.\u201d An annual reminder, Sunshine Week provides an opportunity for governments to reexamine the status of open, accessible, and transparent processes and practices that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":229736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1417,1563,1408,1421],"class_list":["post-214114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-accessibility","tag-open-gov","tag-sunshine-week","tag-transparency"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner.jpg","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner.jpg",1800,600,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner.jpg",1800,600,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner.jpg",1800,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner-300x100.jpg",300,100,true],"large":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner-1024x341.jpg",1024,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner-1536x512.jpg",1536,512,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SW2023_Banner.jpg",1800,600,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Tricia Thomas","author_link":"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/author\/triciathomas\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/category\/blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Blog<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"What is Sunshine Week? 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