ABSTRACT
Freedom of Information (FOI) and other trans par ency laws are routinely advoc ated by activists, politi cians and offi cials as power ful anti-corrup tion weapons. Promoting govern ment trans par ency, it is argued, allows coun tries cheaply and effect ively to discip line public offi cials and politi cians through the threat of expos ure. FOI laws and, more recently, online trans parency, will thus ‘clean up’ govern ment.
