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, 5/16/2023
the little guy?; we just need more time; visitors; hotels; dataminr
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Transparency News, 5/15/2023
podcats; archives; parole board & judicial transparency bills
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Transparency News, 5/12/2023
FOIA Friday; 63-day average?; tracking requesters; zMod readopted
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Transparency News, 5/11/2023
execution records; no gag; no ordinance; further resignations
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Transparency News, 5/10/2023
for the public, but not public; payment revealed; ouster in part because of FOIA
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Transparency News, 5/9/2023
OK with no report; conflict?; stripped of duties?; “that fired me up”
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Transparency News, 5/8/2023
not a very convenient fee; paid v. nonprofit lobbyists; defamation
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Transparency News, 5/4/2023
investigation with no report; mum on jail deaths; wire taps
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Transparency News, 5/3/2023
canceled meeting; court-ordered public hearing; secret bidder
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Transparency News, 5/2/2023
5/2/23: donated papers; the day bin Laden died; FOIA is for friends and enemies
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Transparency News, 5/1/2023
miscalculation; developing a megasite; archaeology gag; justifying secrecy
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Transparency News, 4/28/2023
Supreme Court cases & their impact; drugs & guns; “What difference does it make?”
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Transparency News, 4/27/2023
Court win for public’s right to attend meetings; assistants; 10-min. meeting
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Transparency News, 4/26/2023
psych reports in court; correspondence withheld; legislative privilege
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Transparency News, 4/25/2023
novel case; Alabama improvements; politicians & social media
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Transparency News, 4/24/2023
OSIG/VSP report; look but don’t touch; intra-government FOIA tension; being remote
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Transparency News, 4/21/2023
mobile library; mum on investigation; Washington under threat
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Transparency News, 4/20/2023
defamation & the county; in person after 3 years; overlooked
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Transparency News, 4/19/2023
hiring cleared; fire alarm records; immigration policies; OK secret recording
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Transparency News, 4/18/2023
retreats; fire inspections; but he certified; “dragged its feet”
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Transparency News, 4/17/2023
voter list; withheld b/c we aren’t mandated to disclose; retreats, because FOIA; Iowa governor must comply
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Transparency News, 4/14/2023
questioning an action; hiring in public; better disclosures for judges
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Transparency News, 4/13/2023
Richmond video policy; attorney-client protects resolutions?; one-hundredth of a percentage
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Transparency News, 4/12/2023
managers & mayors acting out; Murdaugh letters; budget negotiations
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Transparency News, 4/11/2023
starting over; employee data; FOIA’ed correspondence on big issues