Nate Beeler / Washington Examiner (click to start slideshow)

For those that don't know, Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.

You see, those pesky politicians sometimes do shady things, and try to cover their tracks with the apparatus of government. So even though Sunshine Week was created by journalists, it's really all about the public's right to know what its government is doing, and why.

Click here to launch our new Sunshine Week cartoon slideshow.