In an actual democracy, they would be required to release it to the public, since they work for the public (and provide public services/infrastructure) and thus are accountable to the public.
Unfortunately, I don't know of any such actual democracy.
Neither do any of the other Scotsmen I know.
if it's released to government it's in the public domain as the government serves the public... oh wait :D ... democracy never happend :D i remember now
Does the Netherlands have something like Congressional hearings? Could come out at something like that.
Yes, it’s called a “parlementaire enquête” but it’s a fairly heavy handed tool to wield so it’s not done very often