The United Nations has identified freedom of access to information as a basic human right.
In the United States (US) that right is codified by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) …

The responsiveness of government agencies to elected officials is a central question in
democratic governance. While important scholarship has demonstrated that elected officials …

Elected politicians must secure the cooperation of unelected bureaucrats to govern. They
are rarely alone in that effort. Administrators serve multiple principals whose interests …