Sunshine Week Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Administrative Procedure Act amendment.
  2. 5. The best disinfectant.
  3. 10. Most common reason for request denials.
  4. 11. What it’s called to hone your request letter, to be specific.
  5. 13. Protector of grades.
  6. 16. Retired Senator from Vermont who championed FOIA.
  7. 17. Author of the Right to Know bible.
  8. 18. Federal records ombudsman office.
  9. 20. Type of requester who annoys the crap out of agencies.
  10. 23. Type of law that gives you a right to see public records.
  11. 24. To blot out.
  12. 26. College student who inspired campus police transparency.
  13. 28. The world’s “Father of FOI.”
Down
  1. 1. Coordinates state access coalitions.
  2. 2. First Amendment author.
  3. 3. Type of session governing bodies go into for secrecy.
  4. 6. “We can neither confirm nor deny that the record exists.”
  5. 7. Ombudsman offices try to work out disputes through this technique.
  6. 8. Type of schedule outlining when records should be destroyed.
  7. 9. Law inspired by “My Sister Sam” star.
  8. 12. Nation with strongest FOIA law in the world.
  9. 14. The idea that government can give you records, even if an exemption would allow secrecy.
  10. 15. Antithesis of transparency.
  11. 17. Protects your health records.
  12. 19. First nation to pass modern FOIA law.
  13. 21. Online request system from Boston.
  14. 22. Current Texas Senator who has championed FOIA.
  15. 25. What every person should do when denied.
  16. 27. A legal reason to deny a request.