Sunshine Report

Sunshine Report for November 2022: rulings good and bad; at the FOIA Council; eye roll; let’s go to the tape; $12,000 bill

Registrars deluged; Norfolk ruling; craziness in Spotsylvania; lots of stories based on FOIA’ed documents

Sunshine Report for September 2022: unusual arguments, records that contradict, abrupt resignations, contentious meetings and lots more

public records repository; looking ahead to 2023; making a choice to withhold; National FOI Summit; and more

Sunshine Report for July 2022: new laws; citizen+VCOG=superhero; library repository; and tumultuous times in several places

conference wrap-up; the Uniform Law Commission; best practices; names/no names; court rulings; high fees; and so, so much more

Sunshine Report for May 2022: A litigation month like no other; our conference – register or be a donor; open government news

Sunshine Report for April 2022: Save the date!; General Assembly wrap-up; public comment pecking order; don’t mention him; fair trial; and much more

Sunshine Report for March 2022: wrong on working papers; opposed to roll-back; not a quorum; minimal disclosure on I-95 back-up; and more open government news

Sunshine Report for February 2022: legislative update; Jenay Tate; forensic records; procedures ignored; court record access & more

New bill charts; NFOIC announcement; apathetic, not lazy; the Kamikazie option; and many more open government news bites

Sunshine Report for December 2021: redistricting comments; 3 council-endorsed proposals; body cam release roundup; lots of litigation; more

Sunshine Report for November 2021: considering electronic means; intra-board sniping; what FOIA’ed emails can show

The Sunshine Report for October 2021: busy month for FOIA in the court, arrest lists, FOIA stats, and items not on the agenda

Sunshine Report for September 2021: we must behave better; our annual report; Bloody Mary garnishes; lots of open government news

Forrest M. “Frosty” Landon Sept. 24, 1937 – July 19, 2021 The founding director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, Forrest M. “Frosty” Landon died in Roanoke on July 19 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 87. Frosty was more FOIA than FOIA itself. He knew the law inside and out…

Sunshine Report for June 2021: fees website and study, open government news, how many can talk

Sunshine Report for May 2021: FOIA Council updates; in-person round-up; Transparency Virginia report and open government news galore

Sunshine Report for April 2021: it started with a redacted report; states of denial; FOIA litigation; conviction review unit; and more open government news

Sunshine Report for March 2021: criminal investigative file legislation; courts on public bodies and personnel records; the OIG report; open government news from the Eastern Shore to Abingdon

Sunshine Report for February 2021: virtual legislature; FOIA & the Public Records Act; filling vacancies; lots of open government news & pssst, it’s our 25th birthday!

Sunshine Report for January 2021: how-to video; legislative preview; deep thought tweets, COVID’s impact, and more

Sunshine Report for December 2020: FOIA Council proposals; oral confidentiality agreement; FOIA litigation; low on the S.W.A.M.P. index

Sunshine Report for November 2020: FOIA fees here & across the country; FOIA Council; high-level denials; court cases; and more

Sunshine Report for October 2020: Protest letters; special session; our conference; schools & COVID; and lots more…