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“FOIA documents show there were several occasions where keeping information from the media and public was discussed.”
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The Freedom of Information Act Advisory Council will study a bill that would require universities to share the terms and conditions of donations from private entities. Del. David Bulova, D-Fairfax, introduced House Bill 2386 to create firm rules on when donors to public colleges and universities can be anonymous; what donor information isn’t subject to the FOIA law and requiring universities (not their fundraising foundations) to keep a document of any terms and conditions attached to donations, which would then make it subject to FOIA. “Once I threw that bill in, I was approached by a number of Virginia’s universities, not surprisingly, who all talked about or provided me information about their gift agreement policies,” Bulova said. “At least in principle, they agreed with what I was trying to accomplish, their concern was they wanted to make sure the language was right so as not to scare off potential donors.”
Virginia Mercury
Conflict is simmering between two of Virginia’s more obscure yet influential political actors — the administrators of the state court system and the elected Circuit Court Clerks who keep legal records of lawsuits, land deals, financial claims and handle the probate matters that in most other states are the province of judges. The issue: how to handle electronic case records for civil lawsuits. Conflict is simmering between two of Virginia’s more obscure yet influential political actors — the administrators of the state court system and the elected Circuit Court Clerks who keep legal records of lawsuits, land deals, financial claims and handle the probate matters that in most other states are the province of judges. The issue: how to handle electronic case records for civil lawsuits. The dispute comes as records of OES budgeting and actual spending on projects — a comparison that a blistering recent state audit on the agency’s management of its assets suggested would be useful to adopt — suggests spending on IT work is on the rise this year. The records, requested under the Freedom of Information Act but supplied by the OES with the caveat that FOIA does not apply to it.
Daily Press
Earlier this month, we reported on Seawright Springs in Augusta County and the concerns neighbors had about the plans to draw water from the springs. The neighbors requested information from the county through the Freedom of Information Act, and they shared that information with us. Neighbors still don’t believe their concerns about the project have been addressed. “No one in our group is opposed to economic development. Let’s be clear about that,” Shaun Mooney, who lives near the springs, said. “Our group is opposed to a project that we believe is not the right fit for our area.” FOIA documents show there were several occasions where keeping information from the media and public was discussed. For instance, one email reads if “newspaper reports and interest in the project gain momentum without final governor approval, the discretionary incentives will be forfeited.”
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