From Virginia Coalition for Open Government: Each year the Virginia Coalition for Open Government presents awards at our annual conference to recognize contributions to open government in Virginia. We recognize efforts made by citizens, the news media and government.
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From The Roanoke Times: The Virginia Coalition for Open Government has created a legislative internship in honor of the late Clifton “Chip” Woodrum, a former legislator from Roanoke who was a staunch supporter of the public’s right to observe the workings of government.
The Chip Woodrum Legislative Internship will allow a college student to gain hands-on experience during the Virginia General Assembly.
The Virginia Coalition for Open Government is a member of NFOIC. –eds
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From Virginia Coalition for Open Government: The May 2013 edition of the Sunshine Report is online with stories about the U.S. Supreme Court's FOIA ruling, a case on cameras in the courtroom, FOIA Council updates and open government news.
In the issue:
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Virginia's citizens-only FOIA limitation
FOIA Council updates
Huguely camera case headed to Virginia Supreme Court
Open government in the news
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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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From Watchdog.org – Virginia Bureau:
ALEXANDRIA (January 14, 2013) — Virginia’s exemption-filled sunshine laws could turn partly to mostly cloudy.
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Read More… from Virginia FOIA exemption plan draws strong criticism
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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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a Virginia FOIA case that is challenging citizens-only provisions in state public disclosure laws.
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