Behind closed doors: Governmental transparency gives way to secrecy

• Main Author: FLORINI, Ann
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2323; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3580/viewcontent/BehindClosedDoors_2004_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A few years ago, I sat at a table in a Washington think-tank with a group of mid-level Japanese officials. They were spending several weeks in the United States on a study tour, and I was meeting with them to give a talk on governance and access to information. Japan had recently passed, but not yet...