Sample: Letter About General Transparency

To the Editor:

We now live in a world where high speed Internet is putting vast amounts of information on our computers and in our hands at near instantaneous speeds. With the press of a few buttons, I can reviews on nice restaurants, make reservations, check the traffic along the route that I’d use to get to the restaurant and the weather at the final destination. Why can’t I get that same ease of experiences when it comes to government information?

It is time that we use the new technologies available to us in the modern world, to make government more transparent and elected officials more accountable to the voters who put them in office. I want to know how government is spending my money, and I don’t want to have to track down a book, kept in a government office that is only open from 10AM-2PM on Mondays and Wednesdays in order to do it. Today, the only way for government information to truly be public is if it is released online in an easy to read and searchable format.

Government transparency is a critical component of who and what I vote for. I have made a pledge to hold government accountable by demanding transparency thought my sustained engagement with government and political action. This November when I go to the ballot box, I will be thinking about government transparency and voting only for elected officials who share my vision for a more transparent, accountable government.

Sincerely,