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Rosenbloom, D. (2018). Transparency. In Administrative law for public managers (2nd ed., pp. 123-150). Prentice Hall.
Read Chapter 5 of the eBook, which provides an informative look at the need for transparency, including examples and specific discussion of the FOIA (part of this week’s assignment).

Donnelly, M. J., Islam, M. M., & Savoie, J. (2020). The public face of interest group lobbying on immigration: Who responds to and who ignores what they say. Journal of European Social Policy, 30(5), 543.
This resource is important in that it presents the results of a survey experiment in three very different immigration regimes and interest group environments (Canada, the UK, and Germany). The results suggest that the effects vary widely across demographic groups.

Relly, J. E., & Schwalbe, C. B. (2016). How business lobby networks shaped the U.S. Freedom of Information Act: An examination of 60 years of congressional testimony. Government Information Quarterly, 33(3), 404–416.
This resource provides further background on the FOIA, why it is necessary, and the impact of lobbying (part of this week’s assignment).