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, 2/21/25
database bill killed; a commission on open and transparent government
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Transparency News, 2/20/25
No fee reform this year; redacted, but released; closed meeting A-OK
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Transparency News, 2/19/25
Emails finally released; database bill dies; preserving the past OTOH, living in it OTOH
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Transparency News, 2/17/25
court cases past, present & future; notification of FOIA requests
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Transparency News, 2/14/25
all about filling the vacancy; better for who?
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Transparency News, 2/13/25
decertified; cyber attack; tie-vote departure; barred over gulf’s name?
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Transparency News, 2/12/25
agenda bill dies; reports + texts; public engagement
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Transparency News, 2/11/25
filling vacancies in Fredericksburg, Roanoke; call to dox; FBI and FOIA
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Transparency News, 2/10/25
700 unopened emails; proof of residency; national archivist
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Transparency News, 2/7/25
is there or isn’t there a record?; defamation dismissed; no censure
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Transparency News, 2/6/25
whistleblower lawsuit continues; surprise! no more IT; quiet approval; DOGE & FOIA?
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Transparency News, 2/5/25
execution tapes & FOIA; training on not forging records; delayed committee list
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Transparency News, 2/4/2025
FOIA fees bill; newspaper notice; confirmation through land records
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Transparency News, 2/3/2025
records continue to shed light on water crisis; ranchers; will of the voters
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Transparency News, 1/31/2025
November 2025?; records offer story on water crisis; Michigan tries FOIA again
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Transparency News, 1/30/2025
Richmond FOIA opening up?; performance code questions; independent auditor
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Transparency News, 1/29/2025
Censure for admitted lies; contract amendment; no temp injunction
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Transparency News, 1/27/25
Censure looms advertising the ordinance; no idea why
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Transparency News, 1/24/2025
public comment period ructions continue; JFK, RFK, MLK; new ways to communicate
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Transparency News, 1/23/2025
Rulings should be respected; exemptions explained; FOIA circumvention?
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Transparency News, 1/22/2025
personnel records fight ends; no severance details; heavily redacted
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Transparency News, 1/20/2025
attorney training, fines; PowerSchool; influenced by donations?
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Transparency News, 1/17/2025
Accomack FOIA settlement; lottery bill; sick and tired of being humiliated
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Transparency News, 1/16/2025
agenda bill advances; member reinstated; we’re going to Richmond!
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Transparency News, 1/15/2025
vote to release email, stop appeal; new meeting rules; Vick’s contract