More People See Federal Government as Secretive; Nearly All Want to Know Where Candidates Stand on Transparency

U.S. Newswire, March, 2008

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Debra Gersh Hernandez of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1-703-807-2100, mobile: 1-571-238-1499, dghernandez@asne.org; or Thomas Hargrove, 1-202-408-2703, hargrovet@shns.com, for Scripps Howard News Service

Embargoed for Release: Sunday, March 16, 2008

WASHINGTON, March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three-quarters of American adults view the federal government as secretive, and nearly nine in 10 say it's important to know presidential and congressional candidates' positions on open government when deciding who to vote for, according to a Sunshine Week survey by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University.

The survey shows a significant increase over the past three years in the percentage of Americans who...

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