Well at least in Conn, and unfortunatly not in New York they have a sunshine law. That makes ALL documentation, radio transmissions, e-mail, etc available to the public at their will and whim. Recently I read somewhere that most of the state agencies and a lot of local government were not even aware of this. So yes you can make a difference, on what you may have access to. Don't belittle efforts to the contrary, you can run for office yourself, and make those changes. Not to take pot shots, but look at New Jersey, the most corrupt state of the union today.I bet they would like to hide behind encryption.