Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond becomes the first AG to receive the Sunshine Award from Freedom of Information Oklahoma.

 The award is given each year to a public official for showing a commitment to open meetings and open records. Since March of 2023, the attorney general's office has received 174 complaints about open records and meetings violations. Of those complaints, 133 have been resolved.

The award comes during Sunshine Week, which runs from March 10 to 16 this year and promotes open government and access to public information.

Drummond will be recognized later this fall at FOI Oklahoma’s First Amendment Congress.