To the editor:

There has been a general trend toward transparent and accountable reporting for the public sector, starting with open records and the 1967 Freedom of Information Act; financial reporting addressed by the Governmental Standards Accounting Board in 1984; and performance reporting which expanded in the 1990s-2000s.

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