Sunshine Week
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Sunshine Week 2021 podcasts on recent legislation
Episode 1 — How VCOG works through the legislative process Episode 2 — The 2021 bills that passed Episode 3 — The 2021 bills that didn’t pass Episode 4 — A bill to open up inactive criminal investigative files Episode 5 — When your lobbying efforts go sideways
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Sunshine Week 2019 Records Basics
These materials are for our March 13 Facebook Live event — using Virginia FOIA to request records.
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Webinar #2: record requesting basics
Sunshine Week 2018 webinar on the basics of requesting records under FOIA.
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Sunshine Week 2018 events
Sunshine Week 2018 March 11 -17 VCOG’s Free events The Story Behind the Story: how 3 Virginia reporters used public records to report their stories (co-hosted by the Virginia Press Association) (details to follow) RSVP on Facebook (click “going”) March 12 10 to noon Virginia Credit Union House Webinar #1: Transparency…
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Webinar #1: General Assembly 2018 update
Sunshine Week 2018 webinar on transparency and access-related bills at the 2018 General Assembly session.
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Sunshine Week 2015: a sampling of articles and opinion
*Note: VCOG cannot guarantee that the links for the articles, which are all on Virginia newspapers and TV stations, will stay active. STATE/LOCAL NEWS STORIES An application for funding for a multimodal transportation facility in downtown Roanoke identifies three potential sites for the combination train and bus station, but city officials caution that the…
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Sunshine Week 2012
March 11 through 17 is Sunshine Week. Here are some of the stories VCOG and various news outlets around the state have been working on. Daily Press: This General Assembly included bills on GPS tracking warrants and access to concealed handgun permit applications – http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-nws-open-government-20120310,0,4730179.story Virginia Statehouse News: Local government websites receive Sunny Awards; governor’s…
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Sunshine Proclamation
Section 1 WHEREAS, James Madison, the father of our federal Constitution, wrote that “consent of the governed” requires that the people be able to “arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives,” and WHEREAS, every citizen in our participatory democracy has an inherent right to access to government meetings and public records; and WHEREAS,…
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Sunshine Reception 2010 photos
Maria Everett & Amigo Wade Megan Rhyne, Maria Everett & Ginger Stanley Del. Sal Iaquinto Whit Clement Susan Clark Del. Mark Keam and Robert Abbot Del. Anne Crockett-Stark Del. Charles Poindexter Steve Haner Some of the freebies — including “shine the light on virginia government” flashlights — courtesy of VCOG Del. David Bulova Del. Bobby…
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Frosty Landon sunshine-week commentary
Open government is good policy, good politics