Transparency News
Our free daily email alert will keep you up to date with right-to-know, transparency, First Amendment and related issues in Virginia and around the country. The alert goes out 5 mornings a week and provides links to news stories, articles and commentaries, as well as updates on open government issues at the General Assembly or interim study commissions.
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Transparency News, 11/26/25
advertising redo; tracking spending; was calling a meeting the same as a vote?
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Transparency News, 11/24/25
Flock camera locations; faculty FOIAs; Epstein update
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Transparency News, 11/21/25
UVA’s FOIA responses; removal order?; less secrecy this time around
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Transparency News, 11/20/25
minutes gave it away; more lawyers; WNBA talking points; a lot of $ for a big request
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Transparency News, 11/19/25
FOIA win: not proprietary; emails contradict here, lay out plan there; not on the agenda
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Transparency News, 11/18/25
rebuilding Louisa; this is BS; construction dashboard
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Transparency News, 11/17/25
advance justification for closed meeting; cannabis secrecy; Peace Corps
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Transparency News, 11/13/25
hiring without warning; cloudy data centers; Flock data is public in Washington
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Transparency News, 11/12/25
AI registry; no phone backrup; metal detectors; prayers; no going to do it
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Transparency News, 11/11/25
hiring package; student journalists; screen capture v. archiving; not an afterthought
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Transparency News, 11/7/25
nominations are open! censure; First Amendment issues?; property sale
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Transparency News, 11/6/25
employee accountability through audits, camera footage; missing materials
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Transparency News, 11/4/25
behind the scenes friction; the cost of legal services; ICE flights
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Transparency News, 11/3/25
DOC data; just VPAP it; following Eptstein’s money
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Transparency News, 10/31/25
Boo! member protocols; removal for absences
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Transparency News, 10/30/25
shouting match; preserving history; misuse of public funds
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Transparency News, 10/29/25
COA on dog bites; getting materials to the public; registries
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Transparency News, 10/28/25
public records confirm/deny; statistics; FBI requests
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Transparency News, 10/23/25
about fees or FOIA; pepper spray video; embezzlement; email access; 2:30 a.m.
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Transparency News, 10/22/25
dueling libraries; where’d the money go; dangerous precedent
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Transparency News, 10/21/25
defamation ruling; censure; divorce intervention; $42K fees; don’t share pix
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Transparency News, 10/20/25
he said/she said; a right to support/oppose; body cams tell the story
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Transparency News, 10/17/25
courts on immunity and Flock data; supervisor’s FOIA primer; question, not a request
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Transparency News, 10/16/25
retreat backlash; video manipulation?; first responder database
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Transparency News, 10/15/25
hidden grant info; firings, resignations & threats; refusal to sign