From The News Leader: Virginia lawmakers, elected leaders and those trying to get elected can’t seem to embrace ethics and financial disclosure reform for public officials fast enough since troubling questions about unreported gifts to Gov. Bob McDonnell triggered federal and state criminal investigations.
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From Richmond Times Dispatch: Along with a host of other new laws, changes to Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act went into effect July 1. While most of the law remained unchanged, some governmental bodies can use new exemptions in response to certain requests for information.
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A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives.
Bulldog open records lawsuit continues
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A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week.
While you're at it, be sure to check out State FOIA Friday Archives and check out content from this year's FOI Summit at the 2013 FOI Summit Wrap-up.
The danger next door: Public often kept in the dark about stockpiles of explosive materials
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From Watchdog.org: ALEXANDRIA — When Mike Signer read the small-print footnote on the response to his Freedom of Information Act request from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office recently, he was astonished.
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Read More… from Cuccinelli’s transparency stance is a double standard, some say
From HamptonRoads.com: To truly appreciate the absurdity of the legal argument, consider this: The public-records law that staff members in Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office said did not apply to the attorney general specifically mentions the office four times.
Three of those mentions exempt the office from its obligation to disclose specific information under Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act.
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From Daily Press:
RICHMOND – — Virginia is creating a new agency to support development of nuclear power – a move that has upset environmentalists and open-government advocates, because the entity won't have to comply with the state's Freedom of Information Act and other laws.
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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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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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