Understand your rights
Learn how public meetings, public records, administrative procedure, and agency-specific laws work together.
Florida open government
Open-government laws are the operating system for democracy.
Open-government laws protect the public’s constitutional access rights and statutory opportunities to participate in government decisions, inspect the record trail, and determine whether government followed the process required by law.
Together, Florida’s Sunshine Law, Public Records Law, and administrative law keep public power visible, reviewable, and accountable.
Not just another government watchdogEducation Investigation Enforcement
Learn the law. Participate in the process. Get help enforcing the public right.
OpenGovernment.Law is where people learn about open government, participate in it, and seek help when public officials refuse to perform their duties in the Sunshine.
Through an innovative partnership model with law students learning the same investigation, research, analysis, and advocacy skills, OpenGovernment.Law will help people assess the facts, pursue correction, and—when necessary—support legal action to repair the public right.
Ask for help
Submit a government action, record trail, meeting, or agency-process concern for assessment.
Support public action
Follow ongoing enforcement actions and add your name to petitions supporting lawful public process.
Concerned about a government decision?
Get help understanding what happened and what the law required.
If a government decision may be affecting your life or community, OpenGovernment.Law can help identify the governing duties, locate the record trail, assess the facts, and determine what corrective or enforcement steps may be available.
Join the association
Stand with Floridians who support open government.
Add your name to the association of citizens who support public access, lawful decision-making, meaningful participation, correction, and enforcement.
Put the public back into public government.
Association members strengthen the public constituency for open records, open meetings, lawful agency procedure, and enforceable public rights.