Sunshine Week is a national initiative that encourages people to better understand the importance of their right to know what their government is doing, and why.

Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.

In the 2008 election cycle, that will include getting candidates at all levels of government -- from the White House to city hall -- to discuss their stand on open government issues.