Access Conferences
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VCOG annual conference 2025
10:00 – 11:00 Animal testing transparency11:00 – 11:20 Need to Know: Minium v. Hines11:30 – 12:00 Buried treasures at the courthouse12:00 – 1:30 Lunch program awards keynote speaker VCOG annual meeting1:30 – 2:00 Access and Gen Z2:00 – 2:20 Need to Know: Courthouse News Service v. Smith2:20 – 2:50…
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VCOG Annual Conference 2024
https://www.opengovva.org/vcog-annual-conference-2024
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2023 Open Government Award Winner
VCOG names Laura Mollo of Richlands as 2023 Open Government Award Winner
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VCOG Annual Conference 2023
2023 Annual Conference, Charlottesville: website
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Access 2020
Panelists and topics for 2020.
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2019 Open Government Conference
VCOG’s 2019 Open Government ConferenceScripps Howard School of Journalism and Communication at Hampton UniversityApril 11, 2019
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2017 open government award winners
Virginia Coalition for Open Government Announces Winners of Annual Open Government Awards FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Oct. 30, 2017 CONTACT Megan Rhyne, Executive Director | 540-353-8264 | mrhyne@opengovva.org The Virginia Coalition for Open Government today announced the winners of the organization’s annual open government awards: an advocacy group that used everyday technology to bring the inner-workings…
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2017 conference panels and speakers
ACCESS ’17 Richmond Times-Dispatch Building 300 E. Franklin St., Richmond November 16, 2017 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (exact schedule to be determined) Earlybird Registration through Oct. 27: $30 members; $40 non-members $35 members; $45 non-members Students: $25 Donations, sponsorships: Any amount is welcome!! Click here to register or donate Tentative line-up of panels From…
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panelist bios 2016
Click here for conference details, sponsors and registration Mark Barham is the Director of Information Technology for the City of Williamsburg Virginia, and has served in this capacity for 15 years. He is responsible for all data, voice and video networks and systems, both hardware and software, for the City of Williamsburg. He has been…
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Access 2016: Panels, panelists and sponsors
ACCESS ’16 James Madison’s Montpelier December 8, 2016 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (exact schedule to be determined) Earlybird Registration through Nov. 18: $30 members; $40 non-members After Nov. 18: $35 members; $45 non-members Students: $25 Donations, sponsorships: Any amount is welcome!! Tentative line-up of panels Legislative privilege — the Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled…
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Access 2015: Schedule & Panelists
The conference on Nov. 12 was a big success. Check out the program and our sponsors from the links below. Thank you to our sponsors Access 2015 — get the program here November 12, 2015 Gari Melchers Home and Studio Pavilion of the University of Mary Washington 224 Washington St., Falmouth 22405 (Falmouth is adjacent…
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VCOG’s Annual Conference photos
J. Albert Bowden talks about his work on civic hacking projects in Hampton Roads Stan Barnhill of Woods Rogers and Zach Crizer of The Roanoke Times, share strategies and frustrations of FOIA fees. Citizen open government award winner Barbara Brown, flanked by her mother-in-law and VCOG board president Craig Fifer. Sarah Nerney accepts…
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2014 award winners
PRESS RELEASE – for immediate release Open government group announces 2014 award winners A Fairfax mom and the state’s library will be honored Nov. 14 The Virginia Coalition for Open Government is pleased to announce the winners of its 2014 open government awards. The Laurence E. Richardson citizen award winner is…
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Roanoke Conference Panelists
Panelists (Partial listing) PETER AIKEN Peter is acknowledged to be a top data management (DM) authority. As a practicing data consultant, author and researcher, he has been actively performing and studying DM for more than 30 years. His expertise has been sought by some of the world’s most important organizations and his achievements have been…
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Access 2013 Schedule
(exact times and panelists are subject to change) 10:00 – 10:15 Welcome from VCOG’s president Craig Fifer and Williamsburg City Manager Jack Tuttle 10:15 – 11:25 PANEL 1: Lax: Are Virginia’s laws as bad as they say? Sarah Bryner, Center for Responsive Politics Vivian Paige, Political observer Gordon Witkin, Center for Public Integrity 11:30 –…
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VCOG Board of Directors meeting, November 30, 2012
Virginia Coalition for Open GovernmentBoard of DirectorsNovember 30, 2012 Craddock-Terry Hotel & Event CenterLynchburg, VA The meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m., by Dorothy Abernathy, President. The following Board members were physically present: Dorothy Abernathy, President; Paul Casalaspi, Treasurer; Ginger Stanley, VPA Representative; Lawrence McConnell, Immediate Past President; Mark Caramanica; Olga Hernandez; Wat…
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Access 2010 GovTech
Experts: Use Technology to Open Government By Brenda Acevedo RICHMOND, Va. – Thanks to the Internet, citizens have greater access to government records and other public information, representatives of government agencies said Friday at a panel discussion at the state Capitol. “The whole idea is that you should be able to go online and…
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Access 2010 Campus panel
Students’ FOIA Rights Violated, Editor Says By Talisha Williams RICHMOND, Va. – Colleges and universities sometimes deny student journalists access to information that by law should be open to the public, a campus newspaper editor told the Virginia Coalition for Open Government on Friday. Katie Thisdell, editor-in-chief of The Breeze at James Madison University,…
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2010 FOI Award Winners
2010 FOI awards recognize Axton citizen, Norfolk reporter, and the Richmond School Board Virginia Coalition for Open Government to present annual awards at Richmond conference, Oct. 21-22 Nancy Barbour Smith of Axton is this year’s winner of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government’s Laurence E. Richardson award for individual citizen contributions to open…
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Access Across America – Videos & Handouts
VCOG hosted David Cuillier's Virginia stop as part of his Access Across America tour. Below are videos of the 2-plus-hour presentation, and this link is to the useful handouts that were given to all participants. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part…
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Access 2009 – Judicial Selection panel
Access 2009 panel examines judicial selection in Virginia Richmond trial attorney Coleman Allen told a VCOG audience that he’s practiced in both Virginia and West Virginia. He’s seen good and bad judges in each state, and has concluded that both states’ judicial selection processes (West Virginia elects; Virginia appoints) have merits and drawbacks. The…
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Access 2009 – FOIA 101 panel
by Megan Rhyne Though the Freedom of Information Act takes up pages and pages and pages in the Virginia Code, the speakers on a panel at VCOG’s fall conference agreed that the act is as much about relationships as it is about procedure. Led by McGregor McCance (pictured at right), managing editor of…
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Access 2009 – Anonymous Jurors panel
Below is a report on the Access 2009 panel discussion about the proposed rule to make jurors’ identities in all criminal cases anonymous. And check out this YouTube video on the discussion, posted by the Roanoke Free Press. For more information on VCOG’s position on this issue, click here for our comments submitted to the…
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Access 2009 – Panelists
Thank you to our wonderful Access 2009 panelists! Featured Speaker Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, Republican candidate for Virginia Attorney General Anonymous Juries MODERATOR: Dick Hammerstrom, local news editor Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Matt Britton, King George Commonwealth Attorney Kristie Kane, immediate past president of defense attorneys organization Judge Clifford Weckstein, Roanoke Circuit Court …