Newsletter

notice of appeal; change of heart on withholding; thanks to our sponsors

localities go to court to avoid FOIA; water crisis email

grants, gifts, does it matter?; order to shred/burn; timelines & deliberations

audits, receipts, records; advisory boards; road surveillance

FIS is not a good look; residency; lottery bill is/isn’t; lesson plans

FOIA Friday; inspection report; comments and closed sessions; ballot Qs

CAV opinion; she said, she said; intentional absence; unnecessary secrecy over appointment

agenda setting by members; live streaming committees; confidentiality agreement

bills without votes; seat appointment records; don’t be “so afraid of FOIA”

Our open govt award winners; FOIA Friday; is it a public body?

FERPA usurper; when records contradict; $22k FOIA violation?; intimidation?

FOIA win at the Court of Appeals; 2×2 meetings; transparent appointment process

lottery winners; national security in a state?; more time; DOGE & FOIA

there’s been clarity; digital history; onsite sewage, but not police misconduct

database bill killed; a commission on open and transparent government

No fee reform this year; redacted, but released; closed meeting A-OK

Emails finally released; database bill dies; preserving the past OTOH, living in it OTOH

court cases past, present & future; notification of FOIA requests

all about filling the vacancy; better for who?

decertified; cyber attack; tie-vote departure; barred over gulf’s name?

agenda bill dies; reports + texts; public engagement

filling vacancies in Fredericksburg, Roanoke; call to dox; FBI and FOIA

700 unopened emails; proof of residency; national archivist

is there or isn’t there a record?; defamation dismissed; no censure