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Let it shine: More access, not less, should be goal

 
The Oklahoman Editorial | Published: March 18, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

IT was cloudy as this Sunshine Week began, and we're not just talking about Monday's gray skies and rain.

The pall was cast by last week's Oklahoma Supreme Court decision to make less information available in court documents and to place limits on what can be accessed via computer. The court said it's trying to balance people's privacy with the people's right to know. It's our feeling, one shared by many, that the court went way too far.

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The new rules require that beginning June 10, individual pleadings in court cases no longer be available online, and that paperwork filed at courthouses no longer include such personal information as dates of birth, home addresses and Social Security numbers.

Coincidently, the American Society of Newspaper Editors released a survey Sunday showing that three-fourths of American adults consider the federal government as secretive. About half the respondents in the survey, conducted by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University, said they felt state government is open.

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