Newsletter
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Transparency News 2/3/17
confidentiality in, public comment out; screening bills that have a chance
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Sunshine Report for February 2017
The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency News from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government January 2017 General Assembly notes From the director, Megan Rhyne: As the General Assembly galloped toward crossover day — the deadline for bills originating in each chamber have to be acted on by that chamber — several bills affecting FOIA were…
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Transparency News 2/2/17
foreclosure sales; anti-SLAPP; criminalizing the release of a name
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Transparency News 2/1/17
bill fates; standing firm on consent; same issues/different states
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Transparency News 1/31/17
with a single vote; disparate pay for clerks; why now; requests for requests
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Transparency News 1/30/17
airport woes continue; meeting fine suit dropped; pension recipients
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Transparency News 1/27/17
irony alert; airport commission; missing video yields sanctions
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Transparency News 1/26/17
FOIA sub docket; RFPs; covering hearing; Slack channel;
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Transparency News 1/25/17
redacted payment; $151/hour; not allowed in meetings; USDA & EPA
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Transparency News 1/24/17
busy day; database down; juror info bill dies; bio change
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Transparency News 1/23/17
Senate hearing; TVa release; tax returns; public records v. copyright
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Transparency News 1/20/17
body cam, juror info legislation; Agent Orange suit; striking the minutes
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Transparency News 1/19/2017
subcommittee updates; removal effort dismissed; Abu Ghraib photos
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Transparency News 1/18/17
university accountability; station stays on; ethics almost
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Transparency News 1/17/17
searching the database; ethics law; convicted constitutional officers
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Transparency News 1/16/17
ecall bill; sealed settlement; dysfunctional, or not getting your way
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Transparency News 1/13/17
fracking FOIA bill advances; FOIA fiasco; complex just got more complex
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Transparency News 1/12/2017
fracking FOIA bill up; open mic; no names of appointees; Medicaid data
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Transparency News 1/11/2017
VPA’s public notice database; undisclosed deaths; press gallery
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Transparency News 1/10/2017
Metro oversight; overhauling IT; Sessions; hearing the AZ legislature
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Transparency News 1/9/2017
bill updates; streaming committees; higher ed; iPhone hack docs
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Transparency News 1/6/2017
severance; the special meeting that wasn’t then was; CDC data
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Sunshine Report for January 2017
The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency News from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government January 2017 VCOG’s annual conference Meeting in the Grand Salon of James Madison’s Montpelier (bottom left), a record number of conference attendees learned about information about businesses in the hands of local and state governments (bottom right), about the practices and legal…
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Transparency News 1/5/2017
ownership of drafts; when govt FOIAs govt; no floor protest videos
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Transparency News 1/4/2017
legislators’ right to info; disclosure fine rescinded; ethics backtrack