Sunshine Report
The Sunshine Report goes out at the beginning of each month and includes updates on the work of the Coalition, summaries of the most significant open government stories of the previous month and greater explanations of current hot topics.
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June 2011 Sunshine Report
The June issue of the Sunshine Report is now online.
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Sunshine Report Online April 2011
The April 2011 edition of the Sunshine Report is online now.
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Sunshine Report Online March 2011
The March 2011 edition of the Sunshine Report is online now.
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October10 e-newsletter
October e-newsletter is online
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September10 e-newsletter
The September issue of the Sunshine Report is online.
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August10 e-newsletter
August 2010 e-newsletter
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FOIAC’s hears 3 proposals at its 2009 legislative preview meeting
The FOI Advisory Council heard about three bills that might surface in the 2010 General Assembly session at its annual Legislative Preview meeting. The University of Virginia is seeking an exemption for “all records” generated by a threat assessment team (TAT) at a Virginia public school. TATs were mandated by law in response to…
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FOIAC’s Public Records subcommittee recommendations for 2009
The FOI Advisory Council’s subcommittee on Public Records decided not to take any action on a proposal by the Prince William County Schools (PWCS) to exempt from disclosure data collected by its Visitor Identification System (VIS). Visitors to Prince William schools are required to show some sort of official identification, which is then scanned into…
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FOIAC’s PII subcommittee recommendations for 2009
In a proposed measure endorsed by the the FOI Advisory Council, FOIA would gain an exemption for the account numbers of personal and government credit cards, debit cards, bank accounts and other accounts with financial institutions. The council’s action came upon the recommendation of its Personal Identifying Information Subcommittee (PII), which met several times this…