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.
-
Transparency News, 5/22/26
private briefings; council resignations; complaints dealt with publicly
-
Transparency News, 5/21/26
shutting down further talk in Petersburg, Richmond; calling it out in Warren County; SC redistricting & FOIA
-
Transparency News, 5/20/26
bimbo apology; critics sued; data center disclosure bills
-
Transparency News, 5/19/26
an unexamined burden; keep your name/contribution secret; another benefit of the registry
-
Transparency News, 5/18/26
recall dismissed; school zone records; burden on New Hampshire?
-
Transparency News, 5/15/26
ode to VCOG; detention use of force; “it’s a guy thing”
-
Transparency news, 5/14/26
out-of-town commenters; not a conflict?; why are we concerned about Facebook?; removal 2 ways
-
Transparency News, 5/13/26
did it slip by?; audits and “no records exist”; evacuation; DOGE & AI
-
Transparency News, 5/12/26
investigate the registry?; closed budget meeting?; too many FOIAs?
-
Transparency News, 5/11/26
federal FOIA focus
-
Transparency News, 5/8/26
still trying to get that seat back; donated archives; fee shifting; dead bills
-
Transparency News, 5/7/26
FOIA/censure suit dismissed; licenses plates; Virginia’s data center dominance
-
Transparency News, 5/6/26
court record access; redacted investigation of misconduct; is it a public body?; digital moat
-
Transparency News, 5/4/26
FOIA Council meeting link; maintenance firings; forensic audit
-
Transparency News, 5/1/26
FOIA Council meeting; immigration enforcement; Flock misuse; $1
-
Transparency News, 4/30/26
public comment tensions; emeritus pay
-
Transparency News, 4/29/26
two FOIA suits go government’s way; no-bid contracts; flawed law?; recusal
-
Transparency News, 4/28/26
some violations, but no removal; where were the documents earlier?; election fraud sentencing
-
Transparency News, 4/27/26
attorney and the rogue client; spending irregulariies; difference in a year
-
Transparency News, 4/24/26
data centers and the citizens; lagging?; suit for unredacted budget records
-
Transparency News, 4/22/26
more testimony; reinstated; set meeting schedule; resignations accepted
-
Transparency News, 4/21/26
recalls, forensic audits and credit cards; First Amendment hits the curfew
-
Transparency News, 4/20/26
dinners, not meetings?; Amazon falls short; FOIA case & fiscal responsibility
-
Transparency News, 4/17/26
payments continue; VCOG bill wants to cut down on “gotcha” motions; NC, VA, Senate & video
-
Transparency News, 4/16/26
fee disaparity; no clapping?; audit finally released; “Why don’t you just remove all of us?”