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All of us must do better

Information -- retrieved and revealed by residents, not muckraking reporters or government-watchdog agencies -- can lead to change.

Creation of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council was one of the highlights of my legislative career.

FOIA compliance is the right thing to do

Local governments have mixed record on FOIA requests
By HARRY MINIUM, The Virginian-Pilot

NORFOLK, Dec. 30, 2006 - A man walked into the Prince Edward County sheriff's office not long ago and asked to see the county's crime log _ a list of crimes committed the past weekend.

As a Virginia resident, who might want information about criminal activity in his neighborhood, he was entitled by law to see the documents.

Yet a captain walked in and ended a short conversation by saying: "I told you straight up, we're not giving out no records."

Culpeper County Board of Supervisors violated Virginia's open-meeting law; insurance to cover fees ordered by Va. Supreme Court

Blame the House Republicans

Winners include the Virginia Beach FOI Office