The internet is a great place to start researching public access to information and sunshine laws around the world. We've picked some of our favourite sites to share with you:

• Discover more about Sunshine Week at www.sunshineweek.org.

• For all the latest news and updates on freedom of information internationally visit www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Current+Affairs/Politics/UK/Freedom+of+Information.

• To read the entire green paper on the proposed PATI legislation for Bermuda visit www.cpu.gov.bm and click on the link on the left.

• To view an up-to-date list of all the countries around the world which have implemented FOI visit the online network of FOI advocates www.freedominfo.org.

• Read about why public access to information is not just for journalists on the website of Privacilla, a unique web-based project seeking to capture "privacy" as a public policy issue: www.privacilla.org/government/accesstogovinfo.html.

• The Open Society Justice Initiative describes freedom of information as a quintessential right. Find out why at www.justiceinitiative.org/activities/foifoe.

• Cayman passed a PATI act last year — check out its website at www.foi.gov.ky.

• Human rights organisation Article 19 supports freedom of expression and freedom of information: read why at www.article19.org.

• Learn about the state of Florida's government accountability project at http://myfloridalegal.com/pages.nsf/Main/20AB6480E324FC5885257297006997E7.

• The National Freedom of Information Coalition in the US brings together organisations across the country with the common purpose of ensuring the public's right to oversee its government. Its website is at www.nfoic.org.

• The Sunlight Foundation — www.sunlightfoundation.com — was set up to help citizens in the States use the internet to learn more about their elected representatives and thus reduce corruption.

• Human Rights watchdog Privacy International conducted a survey in 2006 of countries which had adopted FOI, including Caribbean islands such as Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Download it at www.privacyinternational.org/foi/foisurvey2006.pdf.

• For ideas on how you could use a PATI law visit the Campaign for Freedom of Information in the UK website which has a list of 500 disclosures made in Britain: www.cfoi.org.uk /pdf/FOI%20Disclosures.pdf.