OpentheGovernment.org, a consortium of "Americans for Less Secrecy, More Democracy," whose members include the American Association of Law Libraries, Common Cause, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Federation of American Scientists, has been active in promoting access to government information that affects the daily lives of Americans. The consortium recently sponsored the second Sunshine Week, a national dialog on open government and secrecy. OpentheGovernment just released a wonderful animated film, Are We Safer in the Dark: An Animated Look Behind the Curtain of Government Secrecy. The film uses real examples of the government's use of secrecy as a basis for withholding information to the public, but the information is conveyed in an accessible, enjoyable format. This film needs to be seen by a wide audience. So if you enjoy the film, send it out into the larger virtual world by forwarding it along to anyone who might be interested. The word needs to get out!
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Rick Blum of OpenTheGovernment responded that the user may need to download a flash player. They can be downloaded here:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=BIOW
The movie is a shockwave flash video.
Posted by: Susan Nevelow Mart | March 27, 2006 at 09:04 AM
I sent a request to openthegovernment.org for information about the format of the film and/or the program that is needed to view it, and will post the information as soon as I receive it. I have viewed the film on three different computers, and it just started playing, with no prompting or problems.
Posted by: Susan Nevelow Mart | March 26, 2006 at 06:38 PM
What format is that film in? I can't get it to play.
Kind of ironic, given your tag "Access to information." :-)
Posted by: mcubed | March 26, 2006 at 02:07 PM