Right to Information

Right to Information 
Right to information legislation represents the fundamental right-to-known legal process by which requesters may ask for government held information and receive it freely or at minimal cost baring standardized exceptions. Also various referred to as open records or (especially in the United States  )sunshine laws governments are also typically bound by a duty to publish and promote openness.

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