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, 1/28/26
legislative updates; budget unknowns; appointment opacity; be vague
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Transparency News, 1/27/26
subcommittee rundown; VCOG at 30; On Patrol Live?; VPAP’s origins
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Transparency News, 1/26/26
recall petition; demand, demand, demand, demand; lawyer use of FOIA
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Transparency News, 1/23/26
look through past agendas; immediate resignation; indefensible
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Transparency News, 1/22/26
video released to bolster police; better without the dig; Epstein overtime
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Transparency News, 1/21/26
what Flock data can tell us; public comments back on air; the people’s budget
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Transparency News, 1/20/26
Asking for your input and support of HB 159
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Transparency News, 1/19/26
NIL workgroup; settlement must be released; finally, legal bills
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Transparency News, 1/16/26
it’s only 20 words; minutes fight; NILs in SC; raiding journo’s house
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Transparency News, 1/15/26
wetland credit website; firing not on agenda; in favor of judicial transparency
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Transparency News, 1/14/26
no pause; 1-hour redaction tone; closed-door termination; is this really a transparency committee?
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Transparency News, 1/13/26
universities hide athlete $; resignation over Boolean searches?; privilege over city code
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Transparency News, 1/12/26
BOV texts; no to Roberts Rules; VCOG conference
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Transparency News, 1/9/26
FOIA Friday; meeting policies; the audit in bits and pieces; public biz on private email
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Transparency News, 1/8/26
our annual bill chart; the public won’t understand; John Cusack and paywalls
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Transparency News, 1/7/26
new bill; another (semi)transparency committee; display the ruling
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Transparency News, 1/6/26
water analysis; Chesterfield’s secret police; SNAP action; closed session to talk about meetings?; be polite
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Transparency News, 1/5/26
JIRC opacity; fee reform redux; Lynchburg engagement; the sports FOIA
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Transparency News, 12/31/25
response defends FOIA compliance; Richmond in 2026; loophole
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Transparency News, 12/30/25
various audits; chicken coops; no paper requests; classified review
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Transparency News, 12/29/25
FOIA reports & “motivation”; data breaches; un-redacting
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Transparency News, 12/24/25
more about comment ruling; a transparent transparency committee?; audits
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Transparency News, 12/23/25
paying the attorneys; public comment ruling; 17 people signing NDAs
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Transparency News, 12/22/25
confidential MOU?; salary database; no incentive NOT to violate FOIA
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Transparency News, 12/19/25
access to people; Navy discipline; inadequate search