Newsletter

burned financial records; integrity challenge; “deeply ashamed”

who will fill the FOIAs?; recusal; suing for EDA records; 4 improvements

body cams & FOIA; grievances & closed meetings; referendum & flyer wording

public notice — who pays, what wording?; VITA in hot water; Black Hole  

seeking body cam footage; bus company invoices; review and retention

mostly national stories; Datathon 2019; paper backups

sitting in; public body into non-public body; mayoral abuse; FOIA doesn’t help

public building, private press conference; who will pay the attorney?

whither newspapers?; nephew; turn off the radio; city directory info

defamation & racism; utility hack; citizen gmail with government

indicted officials; initial findings; fees for records; conference costs

FOI Media Awards; executions; don’t purge the records

removal petitions; video viewing; contractual relationship; ethics

secret defendants; still on payroll; blocked from meeting

rebuttals; familial relationships; federal IG; proposal withdrawn

report release; the cost of the yearbook review; PACER fee waivers

JLARC on OIG; not all settlements; working against; Constitution Day

CLE; meetings primer, security; mistaken payment; no fans, actual malice

defamation cases; appealing attorney fees; Metro investigations; email experiment

GMU foundation case; election-year FOIA fee; back on air?; water testing

appeal of FOIA case; new charges; Arlington, Amazon & Ring; ham sandwich

attorney fees; Virginia or California; hiding evidence; body cameras

legionella; defamation; public defenders; uncovering theft

Fairfax FOIA; credit cards and vendor lunches; interactive dashboard