Ask HN: Transparency in IT?

If you have a 'firewall team' you've probably run into this before: you try to run some new app or install some new server or connect to a different network, and it fails. Now you've got to start troubleshooting it and at the same time send the firewall team an e-mail to see if they might have a rule blocking your attempt.

It would be nice for anyone to be able to look at firewall rules, software deployment/repositories, and account/service access across the network. Does anyone have a simple process to introduce transparency in the operations/network side of their business?