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, 6/12/25
2 FOIA cases drag on; repetitive comments; what was voted on?; disclosing water data
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Transparency News, 6/9/26
no Flock audit data; 10 days for biz info?; RI crash data
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Transparency News, 6/8/26
parking for public meetings; settlement costs; FBI records on shooter
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Transparency News, 6/5/26
FOIA Friday; can’t say or won’t say?; NDAs and the 1st Amendment
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Transparency News, 6/4/26
no autopsies; trip expenses; “This should have happened last year”; no DMs
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Transparency News, 6/3/26
second bite at removal?; tight-lipped on lawsuits & leave; Palantir contract; “internal” summary?
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Transparency News, 6/2/26
speed camera $$; does your dog bite?; did not respond?
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Transparency News, 5/29/26
what the total number of exemptions tells us; suspended under new law; sentencing
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Transparency News, 5/28/26
sheriff’s info; waiting on the audit; shutting down debate; federal worker NDAs
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Transparency News, 5/27/26
the cost of FOIA litigation; code names to protect business, not public; no more investigating
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Transparency News, 5/26/26
dueling narratives + an email; measles dashboard; new portal; Epstein files & FOIA
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Transparency News, 5/22/26
private briefings; council resignations; complaints dealt with publicly
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Transparency News, 5/21/26
shutting down further talk in Petersburg, Richmond; calling it out in Warren County; SC redistricting & FOIA
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Transparency News, 5/20/26
bimbo apology; critics sued; data center disclosure bills
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Transparency News, 5/19/26
an unexamined burden; keep your name/contribution secret; another benefit of the registry
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Transparency News, 5/18/26
recall dismissed; school zone records; burden on New Hampshire?
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Transparency News, 5/15/26
ode to VCOG; detention use of force; “it’s a guy thing”
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Transparency news, 5/14/26
out-of-town commenters; not a conflict?; why are we concerned about Facebook?; removal 2 ways
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Transparency News, 5/13/26
did it slip by?; audits and “no records exist”; evacuation; DOGE & AI
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Transparency News, 5/12/26
investigate the registry?; closed budget meeting?; too many FOIAs?
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Transparency News, 5/11/26
federal FOIA focus
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Transparency News, 5/8/26
still trying to get that seat back; donated archives; fee shifting; dead bills
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Transparency News, 5/7/26
FOIA/censure suit dismissed; licenses plates; Virginia’s data center dominance
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Transparency News, 5/6/26
court record access; redacted investigation of misconduct; is it a public body?; digital moat
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Transparency News, 5/4/26
FOIA Council meeting link; maintenance firings; forensic audit