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, 9/22/25
FOIA Council meeting links; Pentagon publishing promise; FEMA threats
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Transparency News, 9/19/25
what does FOIA stand for; small room; trial postponed; revised minutes
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Transparency News, 9/18/25
Flock searches; a second provost search; campaign fines
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Transparency News, 9/17/25
30-40% harder?; seat remains open; closed meeting transcript?
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Transparency News, 9/16/25
appeal denied; appeal approved; depositions; birth certificates; process
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Transparency News, 9/10/25
PETA v. Va. Tech; a #FOIA library?; Gordonsville annexation; Project Raspberry
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Transparency News, 9/9/25
everyone else can do it; competitive sale?; ICE arrests in Va.
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Transparency News, 9/8/25
heavily redacted; the high price Richmond has paid
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Transparency News, 9/5/25
FOIA Friday; the power of minutes; decision to audit leads to resignation; p-card rental cars
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Transparency News, 9/4/25
surprise! we did it 2×2; I’m OK with ignoring lack of notice; understaffed?
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Transparency News, 9/3/25
paid for emails; closed meeting revamp; higher billing ratified
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Transparency News, 9/2/25
dueling videos; police dashboard; SEC FOIA ruling; partisan cars
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Transparency News, 8/29/25
VPAP’s beginning & its future; resignation letter; detail-free encampment
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Transparency News, 8/28/25
no public vote; no closed session motion; no public accounting; no local news
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Transparency News, 8/27/25
technical violation/substantially prevail; no records of authorization; asbestos inspections
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Transparency News, 8/26/25
more texts?; not enough data; new meeting rules; heckuva salary
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Transparency News, 8/25/25
Fairfax abortion files; livestreamed work sessions; records clawback; DHS texts
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Transparency News, 8/22/25
adhering to discretion?; higher billing rate; data disappearance
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Transparency News, 8/15/25
limited access to transcripts; daring you; NIL as student records?; personnel
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Transparency News, 8/14/25
Fifer to head NVRC; DOE FOIA threat; disruptive data
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Transparency News, 8/13/25
the case against closed meetings; livestreamed evidence; the charter; USDA violations
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Transparency News, 8/12/25
ya still gotta respond; records contradict; judge’s trial date
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Transparency News, 8/11/25
text message raise; why public notice; no-explanation abstentions
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Transparency News, 8/8/25
no FOIA for you!; swamped with email; source of PAC funds; Balch Library
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Transparency News, 8/7/25
NAACP FOIA suit; presidential selection; ad hoc shortcomings