Upcoming Meeting

In celebration of Sunshine Week 2014, SPJ Virginia Pro Chapter members and friends are invited to learn a new tool for uncovering government secrets. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press recently launched iFOIA, a new FOIA letter generator and project management system for handling local, state and federal freedom of information requests. On…

  1 p.m. From the FOIA Council meeting notice: HB 2321 has already been discussed by the Rights and Responsibilities Subcommittee, which concluded its work with no recommendation.  The Council indicated that it supported the idea of the redrafted bill (which would make the SCC subject to FOIA for records purposes, but exempt records of…

  10 a.m. From the FOIA Council's meeting notice: FOIA currently only addresses charges for topographic maps.  The Council heard testimony that that language is confusing and does not reflect changes in technology or how GIS data is currently used

The VCOG Board of Directors will meet for its second board meeting of the year. Exact time TBD.

Meeting of the full council begins at 1:30 p.m.

The subcommittee will meet at 10 a.m. to review staff materials prepared at the request of the subcommittee at its May 20 meeting.

01:30 PM – 03:00 PM The committee will examine these bills from the 2013 General Assembly session HB2032 (May) on allowing regional bodies to use electronic meetings in the same way state public bodies do. SB889 (Black) on allowing school boards to use electronic meetings in the same way state public bodies do.

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM The committee will examine these bills from the 2013 General Assembly Session HB2125 (Keam) on opening FOIA to non-Virginia residents HB2321 (Surovell) on making the SCC subject to FOIA SB1371 (Stuart) on allowing government not to respond to FOIA request that is seen as being made to stymie government operations