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, 3/11/26
ncryption & FERPA?: conflicts resolution; audit results
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Transparency News, 3/10/26
majority or 2/3; ICE in VA & TN; fees in other states
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Transparency News, 3/9/26
FOIA Council opinions; we won’t tell you who isn’t complying; silent work session
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Transparency News, 3/6/26
changing on a dime; adoption records; campaign paperwork
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Transparency News, 3/4/26
billing error is biz development?; parochial policy; ICE says you can’t?; Justin Timberlake
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Transparency News, 3/3/26
demise of the enforcement bill; general lack of respect; easy & free vs. hard & expensive
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Transparency News, 2/27/26
updated bylaws on 2x2s; records contradict; ALPRs in other states
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Transparency News, 2/26/26
enforcement bill NO, agenda bill YES, and shall means shall; apology(?)
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Transparency News, 2/25/26
water usage records released; FOIA every year; no public hearings?
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Transparency News, 2/24/26
when 3 attend; positions, but no names; recusals; no Smith report
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Transparency News, 2/23/26
agendas, gaming machines & pledges; records contradict misinformation
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Transparency News, 2/19/26
continuing saga of the FOIA phone; two-person committees; more recall news; biz by text
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Transparency News, 2/18/26
policy change redo; recall efforts; curing partisan rancor through local government
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Transparency News, 2/17/26
FOIA reveals payment; depositions reveal discomfort with FOIA officer (or process?)
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Transparency News, 2/16/26
data center direction?; pie holes; transparency committee relaunch; brass-knuckled version
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Transparency News, 2/13/26
Supreme Court on GDCDPA; UVA’s FOIA timeline; more $ post-firing
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Transparency News, 2/10/26
go to the blog; threat of court case; genealogy resources
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Transparency News, 2/9/26
visibility of criminal complaints; when is a FOIA request received?
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Transparency News, 2/6/26
more time to comment; more money to litigate; more automated requests
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Transparency News, 2/5/26
scripted events; Factbook; Sup. Ct.’s NDAs
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Transparency News, 2/4/26
water usage; get it from state sources; kudos to Danville; continued casino blackout
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Transparency News, 2/3/26
FOIA bill background; cell phones; no pubic vote
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Transparency News, 2/2/26
law firm urges opposition; agreement to be secret; late audit
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Transparency News, 1/30/26
VCOG’s recognition; a plea for open discussion; mystery, rumor and speculation
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Transparency News, 1/29/26
cooperation agreements; how we got misconduct records; Epstein FOIA case rolls on