Podcast and commentary on using FOIA to track government revenue and expenditure. Find links to many more FOIA stories and commentary for Sunshine Week 2009 (and prior years) right here.
AG's office and FOI Advisory Council say that when Norfolk City Council met for 70 minutes to discuss the indictments against three police officers, they may have violated FOIA. Read more on the Virginian-Pilot's Web site.
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday, Sept. 12, overturned the conviction of a notorious AOL spammer, the first spamming defendant in the country to be convicted of a felony, saying the state junk e-mail law is too broad and violates the First Amendment. Read more on the Iconoclast Blog.
The settlement terms of several wrongful death lawsuits brought in Spotsylvania County against a pharmaceutical company must be disclosed publicly and cannot be sealed in the court records, a Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday, Sept. 12.
Excellent editorial on the value of open government, using the backdrop of the current indictments of four Gloucester County supervisors, in part, for conducting public business behind closed doors.
Court: Delay Web discipline postings Bar cites 2001 rules about transparency By Alan Cooper April 21, 2008 http://www.valawyersweekly.com/weeklyedition/2008/04/21/court-delay-web-discipline-postings/ The Supreme Court of Virginia has told the Virginia State Bar that the bar should not post disciplinary information about a lawyer on its Web site until the time for filing any appeal has expired.
