Sunshine Report

        The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency News from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government May 2016 VCOG updates Congratulations to VCOG’s Secretary Olga Hernandez for being named the Fairfax Citizen of the Year by the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens. Do government employees who handle records management and FOIA want training? YOU…

  The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency News from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government April 2016   VCOG blog Meeting meeting myths head on FOIA shouldn’t be us v. them   FOIA Council update The FOIA Council’s subcommittees studying FOIA’s records and meetings exemptions will ramp back up soon. On April 11, the meetings subcommittee…

  The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government March 2016 VCOG notes Ginger Stanley, the longtime director of the Virginia Press Association and a founding director of VCOG has announced her retirement, effective at the end of June. Stanley has been an ex officio member of VCOG’s board since…

            The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   February 2016 VCOG notes John Stewart “Sewart” Bryan III — former Richmond Times-Dispatch editor and president of Media General — died Jan. 23 of complications resulting from a fall he took earlier that month. Stewart…

    The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   January 2016 VCOG on the road In December, VCOG’s Megan Rhyne  participated in the League of Women Voter’s annual legislative preview, which included dozens of different advocacy groups and comments from Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran. VCOG notes…

                Click to view this email in a browser Coming up… VCOG’s ANNUAL CONFERENCE: Nov. 12 in Fredericksburg Find out about our panels and panelists (like Cori Zarek, a White House open government advisor, and Prof. Stephen Farnsworth, a guru of Virginia politics) registration and sponsorships. Our goal is to…

          The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   June 2015     Greetings, Friend of VCOG! Dear Friend of VCOG: May was a busier than average month for access. Something in the air, perhaps, or maybe just more and more people engaged in thinking about…

The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   May 2015 Greetings, Friend of VCOG! Dear Friends –  Open government doesn’t always win friends. It isn’t always pretty. We were reminded of that in April at the small local level and at the big statewide level. In tiny Waverly, Va., the mayor is…

The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   April 2015   Greetings, Friend of VCOG! Dear Friends –  It’s no April Fool’s joke. There really are more open government news stories than usual in this edition of the Sunshine Report Online. Some of those can be attributed to the extra…

  PLEASE NOTE: THE LINK FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BELOW IS FAULTY. THIS IS THE CORRECT LINK: https://opengovva.org/2015-legislative-wrap     The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   March 2015 Greetings, Friend of VCOG! Dear Friends –  The annual circus that is the General Assembly came to a close on the…

    The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   February 2015 In this issue Sunshine Week to dawn Open government in the news   Greetings, Friend of VCOG! Dear Friends –  January brings with it brisk breezes, bare branches and snowy sidewalks. It also brings with it the Virginia General…

Sunshine Report for January 2015

Click to view this email in a browser The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   January 2015 In this issue Transparency Coalition UVA and Rolling Stone Open government in the news The curious case of John Geer A clerk of court assist Coalition News Watch your mailbox VCOG's annual…

  The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   December 2014   In this issue Honoring a one-of-a-kind VCOG’s annual conference FOIA Council updates Open government in the news Annual award winners Circuit court case information Greetings, Friend of VCOG! Dear Friends –  Maybe it was because everyone was relieved that…

Greetings, Friend of VCOG! We hope you all made the most of the last official days of summer. Post-Labor Day means school is back in session, vacations are behind us and we are now settling — however reluctantly — into fall routines. For VCOG, that means more training. First, with our next records-management and FOIA…

Click to view this email in a browser The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   August 2014 In this issue Cryptic award E-meeting policies In the face of dissent Digitized Open government in the news VCOG, Warner and the DATAct   Coalition News Coming up Aug. 15: VCOG Board of…

The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   July 2014 In this issue Records workshop a solid success FOIA Council updates Open government in the news Governments pushing transparency   Coalition News Coming up July 8: FOIA Council subcommittees on Records (10:00) and Meetings (1:30). Both meetings are in the 6th…

    The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   June 2014 In this issue Reaching our goals FOIA Council study off to slow start Open government in the news A tale of two sealing orders Suicide reports can be withheld Meeting on a prayer Coalition News Recently on VCOG…

The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   May 2014 In this issue Study to revise FOIA begins Reocrds Management/FOIA workshop Open government in the news Hear’s a thought Coalition News Recently on VCOG Blog Wishful thinking On the road…and around the state VCOG Executive Director Megan Rhyne was a featured speaker…

  The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   April 2014 In this issue Sunshine Week bright FOIA Council meeting, April 22 Open government in the news Coalition News Recently on VCOG Blog Who makes the final decision? Based on what? Board meeting The next meeting of the Virginia Coalition…

In this issue FOIA to get makeover General Assembly FOIA update Sunshine Week 2014 Open government in the news Coalition News Recently on VCOG Blog A primer on FOIA for Shenandoah County Kick this outdated policy to the curb Director promoted VCOG board president Craig Fifer has been named Acting Director of Communications and Public Information for…

  The Sunshine Report: Online Transparency news from the Virginia Coalition for Open Government   February 2014 In this issue Support opening Virginia’s FOIA to all General Assembly FOIA update Open government in the news   Coalition News Director honored VCOG board member and past board presidentLawrence McConnell, will be one of six individuals inducted into…