Transparency News

mostly national stories; Datathon 2019; paper backups

sitting in; public body into non-public body; mayoral abuse; FOIA doesn’t help

public building, private press conference; who will pay the attorney?

whither newspapers?; nephew; turn off the radio; city directory info

defamation & racism; utility hack; citizen gmail with government

indicted officials; initial findings; fees for records; conference costs

FOI Media Awards; executions; don’t purge the records

removal petitions; video viewing; contractual relationship; ethics

secret defendants; still on payroll; blocked from meeting

rebuttals; familial relationships; federal IG; proposal withdrawn

report release; the cost of the yearbook review; PACER fee waivers

JLARC on OIG; not all settlements; working against; Constitution Day

CLE; meetings primer, security; mistaken payment; no fans, actual malice

defamation cases; appealing attorney fees; Metro investigations; email experiment

GMU foundation case; election-year FOIA fee; back on air?; water testing

appeal of FOIA case; new charges; Arlington, Amazon & Ring; ham sandwich

attorney fees; Virginia or California; hiding evidence; body cameras

legionella; defamation; public defenders; uncovering theft

Fairfax FOIA; credit cards and vendor lunches; interactive dashboard

ghostwriter; driver secrets; what Tennessee thought; Epstein names

fall guy?; credit card use; press credentials; rushed to the defense

defamation over FOIAs; gift strings?; underreporting; virtual reading rooms

improved comment rules; we don’t know why; AOC and Twitter  

citizen emails; police office pensions; searching for a FOIL leader

investigation moves on; input on buildings; closed-door censure discussion