From Fredericksburg.com:
This is Sunshine Week, the one week in the year when open-government advocates celebrate the concept that government should operate in the open and that secrecy in government is bad government.
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Tag: virginia open government
Judge sides with school board In Va. FOIA case
From Leesburg Today:
A Loudoun General District Court judge today ruled that the Loudoun County School Board responded reasonably to a request for information from a Lovettsville resident who filed a suit that argued otherwise.
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Supreme Court considers Va. limits on access to public records
From USA Today:
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's justices suggested Wednesday that state laws limiting access to government records to their own state residents might be pointless, but the justices seemed not to be persuaded that the laws are also unconstitutional.
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Virginia legislature moves to seal concealed gun permits
VA legislative aides get same FOIA privileges as their bosses
From Watchdog.org:
ALEXANDRIA — It’s official. The legislative aides of Virginia’s 140 state senators and delegates have the same protections under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act as their bosses.
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Lynchburg officials talk about freedom of information at the Virginia Coalition for Open Government
From NewsAdvance.com:
Lynchburg still is working to get copies of the Freedom of Information Act to its volunteer boards and commissions after concluding its past education efforts had been hit or miss.
“I would say they were mostly miss,” said City Manager Kimball Payne, noting the city had no uniform approach for training new board appointees until this year. “… We’re trying to raise that consciousness.”
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U.S. Supreme Court takes up VA law denying non-Virginians right to FOIA requests
From Examiner.com:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it will hear the appeal of Mark J. McBurney and Roger W. Hurlbert, both non-Virginians. McBurney and Hurlbert were denied Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for government documents because Virginia law prohibits non-Virginians from using the Freedom of Information Act law.
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Does open meeting law hinder the University of Virginia Board of Visitors?
From The Daily Progress:
One of the suggestions that’s been floated for pushing the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors to engage in more frank discussion? Allow them to meet in private more.
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Virginia activists seek more open city government
From Richmond Times-Dispatch:
A community activist and a City Hall watchdog are pushing for Richmond’s City Council and its boards and commissions to improve the quality and quantity of information available to the public on the city’s website.
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Documents sought in FOIA suit
From Martinsville Bulletin:
A copy of a $600 canceled check and certain credit card statements will be given to Mary Sue Terry by the end of the week, according to statements made Monday in Patrick County Circuit Court.
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