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, 10/9/26
the “it’s a non-profit” fallacy; Albemarle schools double down; responding to public; Secret Service
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Transparency News, 10/8/26
no longer NDA-bound; mayor expelled; data center tactics; don’t say “superintendent”
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Transparency News, 10/7/26
unsealed video; development via public comment period?; travel reimbursement report
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Transparency News, 10/6/26
ejected for clapping; vacancy appointment questioned; behind the (non)byline
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Transparency News, 10/5/26
unknown contract; question about vote; AG’s personal email address; boat strike memo
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Transparency News, 10/2/26
FOIA Friday; emails show problems; legislative agenda; private v. public university
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Transparency News, 9/30/26
chaotic meeting; draft lease released; the transparency committee that wasn’t
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Transparency News, 9/30/26
data investigation but no records; community supports request; JMU plans; ALPR map
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Transparency News, 9/28/26
still photos, no video; two salaries; standards committee; AI & redaction
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Transparency News, 9/25/26
the real negotiator; if you can’t wait, go home; form filing date
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Transparency News, 9/24/26
redacted purchase price; could incite anger?; heard in the background
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Transparency News, 9/23/26
funny little man; confirmed, but still directed to FOIA; open trial for lottery winner
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Transparency News, 9/22/26
FOIA Council meetings; requests and ChatGPT; comments/ethics/closed session
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Transparency News, 9/18/26
injured officer update; ban NDAs?; redacted immigration documents
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Transparency News, 9/17/26
“It was you”; towing transparency; member ejected; misconduct database discussion
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Transparency News, 9/15/26
it’s the secrecy; precisely worded FOIA requests?; code of ethics; metal detectors; LMAO, IDK and blah
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Transparency News, 9/14/26
does not have to be this way; redacted recommendation; improper access?
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Transparency News, 9/11/26
no admissions in settlement; a true FOIA fishing expedition; more public hearings
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Transparency News, 9/10/26
flimsy arguments; stop filing so many FOIAs; no censure; 9/11 air quality records
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Transparency News, 9/9/26
FOIA Council videos; vote do-over; unannounced, uninvited
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Transparency News, 9/8/26
FOIA Council meetings; a meeting on Labor Day?; Speaker’s gala; travel controls
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Transparency News, 9/4/26
FOIA Friday; minute fight; data breach; new IG; governor’s commission; universal tensions
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Transparency News, 9/3/26
leak to force a FOIA request?; resignation take-back?; more cameras than we thought; cost of retreats
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Transparency News, 9/2/26
FOIA & the water workgroup; the social media trap; 2029 contract; feeling more threatened
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Transparency News, 9/1/26
request for a second look; exhausted insurance; change in protocol; Maxwell transfer