[4] Sunshine Review worked with the National Taxpayers Union[5] to develop information on state spending, and with the Lucy Burns Institute which runs the WikiFOIA project.

[6] Sunshine Review developed a ten-point transparency checklist to evaluate if government websites proactively and voluntarily disclose information to the public and media.

[13] St. Charles Parish, Louisiana reported redoing its website partly in response to the critique on Sunshine Review.

[24] Sunshine Review was credited with inspiring Cook County, Illinois to post its checkbook register online.

Wisconsin Within these states, the editors of Sunshine Review focused on the most populous cities, counties, and school districts, as well as the emergency services entities within these governments.

[27] In an effort to create a conversation between public records advocates, Sunshine Review launched FOIAchat on Twitter.