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, 4/2/26
Flock queries; FOIA’ing her colleagues; why the overrun?; two different clerk trajectories; SC athletes
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Transparency News, 4/1/26
audits & their public release; public notice & Digital Gateway; true cost of government services
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Transparency News, 3/31/26
canceling p-cards; you should’ve let me un-quit; ethical violation for budget comments?
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Transparency News, 3/30/26
$5K+ for spending data; the AG and the M’ville mayor; we won’t tell you about the questionnaires
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Transparency News, 3/27/26
publicly airing the reasons; fees in other states; Flock for traffic tickets
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Transparency News, 3/26/26
Thursday Thanks; Rappahannock audit; actual cost ≠ labor; plain language
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Transparency News, 3/25/26
searches; the emails behind the cancellation; waiving the privilege
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Transparency News, 3/24/26
severance; clerk of the board; LPR opacity
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Transparency News, 3/23/26
FOIA audits on opposite sides of the state; a FOILIE “award”; AI, e-discovery and FOIA
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Transparency News, 3/20/26
no public notice?; the email behind the collapse; travel receipts
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Transparency News, 3/19/26
federal immigration, local jails; removal petition; vexatious legislation
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Transparency News, 3/18/26
revise or recuse; city spending; leaked jail footage
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Transparency News, 3/17/26
pre-walkout emails; downsizing leads to FOIA delays; transparency “hypocrites”
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Transparency News, 3/16/26
James Madison’s Birthday = Virginia FOI Day = Sunshine Week
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Transparency News, 3/13/26
property interest?; leak; possible data incident; resolution postponed
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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