• September 2010 Newsletter: The September issue of the Sunshine Report is online. (September 2, 2010)
• Another citizenship challenge:
  As reported by a Fox News affiliate in Ohio, the Midwest director of the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network is challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's Open Records Act. The act allows only Tennessee residents to request and obtain public records held by the state and its local governments. Virginia has a similar provision that is currently being litigated in federal district court.
  (August 25, 2010)
• MYFLE: VCOG is proud to sponsor a seminar for records managers called "Making Your FOIA Life Easier." Panelists from the Library of the Virginia, the FOIA Council and representatives from state and local government will be on hand to discuss tips and strategies for better records management: the better your records are organized, the easier FOIA requests are to fill. Click here to download the registration form. The seminar is Sept. 15, 10-12:30, at the Library of Virginia. (August 16, 2010)

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• FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-03-10: FOIA provides exemptions from mandatory disclosure for certain records related to closed meetings. However, FOIA does not address whether a mayor may demand that at the conclusion of a closed meeting members of a local governing body give to the mayor any documents distributed or notes taken during the closed meeting. (July 14, 2010)
• FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-02-10: A motion to convene a closed meeting must identify the subject of the meeting, the purpose of the meeting, and cite an applicable exemption from the open meeting requirements. In order to avoid confusion and misunderstanding, the preferred practice is to make a separate motion for each topic that will come under consideration during a closed meeting. (March 17, 2010)
• Selover v. Warren Department of Social Services: (February 25, 2010)

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