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 8/7/17
gas logs; shadow government; FOIA rights & plea deals; meeting disclosure threat
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Transparency News 8/4/17
stadium lobbying; confidential FOIA advisor contract; complaints online
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Transparency News 8/3/17
senators & FOIA; no defamation; closed meetings & ads, protest plans
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Transparency News 8/2/17
closed-door response; reporting methods; data innovation; turn off the shredder
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Transparency News 8/1/17
your FOI hero; way more than 15 days; data non-experts; not a brilliant idea
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Transparency News 7/31/17
shredding & subpoenas; fake news v. 1st Amendment; post office; 17 years
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Transparency News 7/28/17
carved words; physical access; cost of thousands; premium on confidentiality
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Transparency News 7/27/17
Nottoway FOIA case; the doyenne of open government; Facebook blocking
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Transparency News 7/26/17
problem with the notice; super search; private public comments
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Transparency News 7/25/17
$400,000; misleading website; minutes; how much citizens spend
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Transparency News 7/24/17
elected v. appointed; presidents & pardons; Freeze FOIA; travel
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Transparency News 7/21/17
hasn’t been calculated; no improper activity; IDed; proactive release
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Transparency News 7/20/17
FOIA suit against AG; resignation terms; pending requests; going rogue
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Transparency News 7/19/17
social media, but not police ID; NC text msgs; $314K; Mar-a-Lago visitors
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Transparency News 7/18/17
mum on severance; new website; efficient counsel; Facebook mugshots
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Transparency News 7/17/17
RFP irregularities; mistakenly released; shouldn’t need to be explained
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Transparency News 7/7/17
title lender suit; unnamed donors; 126 reasons why; profound disinterest
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Transparency News 7/6/17
more secretive execution; forms; on voter info requests; appeals
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Transparency News 7/5/17
appointments; FOIA at 51: We all can support efforts to make the law more effective
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Transparency News 7/3/17
full text; judge’s FOIA ruling on senators; GuideStar; by email; staff salaries
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Transparency News 6/30/17
ruling on court database; voter list request; fake threat; committees
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Transparency News 6/29/17
170 speakers, 3 a.m.; EPA lawsuit bonanza; good pick, but why so secret
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Transparency News 6/28/17
council’s new digs; retreat is still a meeting; LPR lawsuit; Pentagon
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Transparency News 6/27/17
contracts & contributors; audit seizure; medical marijuana & FOIA
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Transparency News 6/26/17
meet with me in open session; short hills; take permit process seriously