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, 5/11/26
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
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Transparency News, 5/1/26
FOIA Council meeting; immigration enforcement; Flock misuse; $1
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Transparency News, 4/30/26
public comment tensions; emeritus pay
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Transparency News, 4/29/26
two FOIA suits go government’s way; no-bid contracts; flawed law?; recusal
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Transparency News, 4/28/26
some violations, but no removal; where were the documents earlier?; election fraud sentencing
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Transparency News, 4/27/26
attorney and the rogue client; spending irregulariies; difference in a year
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Transparency News, 4/24/26
data centers and the citizens; lagging?; suit for unredacted budget records
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Transparency News, 4/22/26
more testimony; reinstated; set meeting schedule; resignations accepted
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Transparency News, 4/21/26
recalls, forensic audits and credit cards; First Amendment hits the curfew
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Transparency News, 4/20/26
dinners, not meetings?; Amazon falls short; FOIA case & fiscal responsibility
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Transparency News, 4/17/26
payments continue; VCOG bill wants to cut down on “gotcha” motions; NC, VA, Senate & video
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Transparency News, 4/16/26
fee disaparity; no clapping?; audit finally released; “Why don’t you just remove all of us?”
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Transparency News, 4/15/26
no appeal; personal attacks; “huge disconnec”; no ownership
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Transparency News, 4/14/26
VCOG awards; a registry, but watered-down; cease and desist speaking on public matters?
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Transparency News, 4/13/26
whistleblower case settled; text messages on Flock and on attempt to fire; gold!
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Transparency News, 4/10/26
administrators, supervisors, mischief; disparity shows need for reform
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Transparency News, 4/8/26
police file settlement; embezzlement/audit; loss of confidence; data center NDAs
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Transparency News, 4/7/26
records destroyed in FOIA case?: history lessons; another investigative report
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Transparency News, 4/2/26
Flock queries; FOIA’ing her colleagues; why the overrun?; two different clerk trajectories; SC athletes
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Transparency News, 4/1/26
audits & their public release; public notice & Digital Gateway; true cost of government services
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Transparency News, 3/31/26
canceling p-cards; you should’ve let me un-quit; ethical violation for budget comments?