Here is a brief summary and a link to Tuesday's front-page story in The Telegraph related to Sunshine Week, a national initiative to bring attention to the importance of open government:

Poll: Americans believe federal government is ‘sneaky’

By THOMAS HARGROVE, Scripps Howard News Service

WASHINGTON – Americans increasingly suspect the federal government has become cloaked in secrecy, a concern they don’t have with their local and state governments.

People also overwhelmingly believe that their federal leaders have become sneaky, listening to telephone conversations or opening private mail without getting court permission, according to a survey of 1,008 adults commissioned by the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Here is the link to the full story.