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sunshine law  

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  • In 1976, Congress passed the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), which took effect the next year. The legislation was modeled on an earlier Florida Sunshine Act. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Sunshine Law]

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