"As we observe Sunshine Week, it is appropriate to explore new and different ways to lift more publicly funded data from file drawers and individual agency computers and into the light of cyberspace."
- Editorial in
The Shreveport Times(Louisiana) stumping for GIS for that region
It is indeed
Sunshine Week.
Sunshine Week is a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, non-profits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.