Transparency News
Our free daily email alert will keep you up to date with right-to-know, transparency, First Amendment and related issues in Virginia and around the country. The alert goes out 5 mornings a week and provides links to news stories, articles and commentaries, as well as updates on open government issues at the General Assembly or interim study commissions.
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Transparency News, 2/27/26
updated bylaws on 2x2s; records contradict; ALPRs in other states
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Transparency News, 2/26/26
enforcement bill NO, agenda bill YES, and shall means shall; apology(?)
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Transparency News, 2/25/26
water usage records released; FOIA every year; no public hearings?
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Transparency News, 2/24/26
when 3 attend; positions, but no names; recusals; no Smith report
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Transparency News, 2/23/26
agendas, gaming machines & pledges; records contradict misinformation
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Transparency News, 2/19/26
continuing saga of the FOIA phone; two-person committees; more recall news; biz by text
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Transparency News, 2/18/26
policy change redo; recall efforts; curing partisan rancor through local government
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Transparency News, 2/17/26
FOIA reveals payment; depositions reveal discomfort with FOIA officer (or process?)
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Transparency News, 2/16/26
data center direction?; pie holes; transparency committee relaunch; brass-knuckled version
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Transparency News, 2/13/26
Supreme Court on GDCDPA; UVA’s FOIA timeline; more $ post-firing
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Transparency News, 2/10/26
go to the blog; threat of court case; genealogy resources
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Transparency News, 2/9/26
visibility of criminal complaints; when is a FOIA request received?
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Transparency News, 2/6/26
more time to comment; more money to litigate; more automated requests
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Transparency News, 2/5/26
scripted events; Factbook; Sup. Ct.’s NDAs
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Transparency News, 2/4/26
water usage; get it from state sources; kudos to Danville; continued casino blackout
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Transparency News, 2/3/26
FOIA bill background; cell phones; no pubic vote
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Transparency News, 2/2/26
law firm urges opposition; agreement to be secret; late audit
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Transparency News, 1/30/26
VCOG’s recognition; a plea for open discussion; mystery, rumor and speculation
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Transparency News, 1/29/26
cooperation agreements; how we got misconduct records; Epstein FOIA case rolls on
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Transparency News, 1/28/26
legislative updates; budget unknowns; appointment opacity; be vague
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Transparency News, 1/27/26
subcommittee rundown; VCOG at 30; On Patrol Live?; VPAP’s origins
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Transparency News, 1/26/26
recall petition; demand, demand, demand, demand; lawyer use of FOIA
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Transparency News, 1/23/26
look through past agendas; immediate resignation; indefensible
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Transparency News, 1/22/26
video released to bolster police; better without the dig; Epstein overtime
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Transparency News, 1/21/26
what Flock data can tell us; public comments back on air; the people’s budget