Government Transparency

noun the quality or state of being open, receptive, or transparent

• The success of any collaboration relies heavily on the openness of communication between team members.
• I appreciate your openness in sharing your thoughts and ideas with me.
• Dude, I love the vibe of this group - everyone's got such good openness.
• Her openness to new experiences was like a breath of fresh air in a world full of closed minds.

noun the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.

• The policy of glasnost allowed for increased transparency within the government.
• Glasnost was a period of openness in the Soviet Union.
• Glasnost was like a breath of fresh air in the closed-off society.
• The concept of glasnost shattered the walls of secrecy in the regime.