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, 12/17/25
comments for and against; wrong address; encryption; lobbying
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Transparency News, 12/16/25
FOIA library, even if the lesser one; digitized code; what he did/didn’t get; civility
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Transparency News, 12/15/25
I’ll (sort of) release the report; records v. expungement; local news good-old-days?
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Transparency News, 12/12/25
a different approach to personnel decisions; ICE records; mootness
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Transparency News, 12/11/25
FOIA for thee but not thee?; NDAs, code names and closed meetings
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Transparency News, 12/10/25
challenging the do-not-share limitation; registry; use your .gov address
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Transparency News, 12/9/25
a perfect storm for confidentiality?; NDAs in closed session; ICE data
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Transparency News, 12/8/25
FOIA Friday (on a Monday); meeting sites; was it really lost?
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Transparency News, 12/4/25
their own website; AI & copyright; Belichick’s girlfriend
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Transparency News, 12/3/25
Thanks! paint it black; consequences for revealing discussions; working in the shadows
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Transparency News, 12/2/25
Giving Tuesday; attendance by Zoom, and no attendance for a year; fine reduced
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Transparency News, 12/1/25
reimbursement pushback; disenfranchising?; Giving Tuesday Eve
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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