It’s hard to hold government agencies and leaders accountable if you’re unable to figure out what they’re doing.
That’s one reason the Freedom of Information Act and FOIA requests are so important to ensuring good government. UNC-Chapel Hill assistant professor Napoleon Byars made that argument during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
Click play below to hear Byars’ description of some basic FOIA statistics.
5:05 p.m. update: Watch the entire 1:01:19 recording by clicking the play button below.
You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.
