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April's shower of FOIA cases

Posted 5/3/22 by Megan Rhyne

April 2022 was a full month of FOIA cases that were filed or decided

Preserve access to police records

Posted 3/7/22 by Megan Rhyne

The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press weigh in on why the Virginia Senate should reject an attempt to roll back access law passed last year

What I would have said

Posted 2/28/22 by Megan Rhyne

We don't get the chance to respond to things said in committee, so......
 

Pilot & Daily Press on transparency 2022

Posted 1/5/22 by Megan Rhyne

This originally appeared in The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2021.
Reprinted with permission

Agency position on credit card names rankles

Posted 12/20/21 by Megan Rhyne

An FOI advocate and a Virginia FOIA officer agree

Spirits dancing on the head of a pin

Posted 11/22/21 by Megan Rhyne

Spirits dancing on the head of a pin:The public can lose out from rigid adherence to the words on the page

This post originally appeared on VCOG's Substack Newsletter

 

No incentive to stay

Posted 10/25/21 by Megan Rhyne

How the announced closing of a brewery tasting room reminds us of how economic development incentives aren't so easy to track

Confusion over virtual meetings

Posted 10/19/21 by Megan Rhyne

Virginia state agencies are giving conflicting reasons for why they can or can't meet virtually. Here's the straight dope.

Don't be so suspicious

Posted 9/28/21 by Megan Rhyne

I use this slide in my presentations on FOIA. On one side of it is a snarling, ferocious, uniformed man pinning the head of another man against a wall. On the other side is the (original) Gladys Kravitz, the nosy next-door neighbor of Samantha and Darrin (both Darrins) Stephenson on Bewitched.

Why I disagree

Posted 9/14/21 by Megan Rhyne

Why I disagree with the judge's ruling on student COVID data & FERPA

Ruling against student newspaper elevates student privacy over public health

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