Review date set for FOIA case
April 18, 2009: "Warren County General District Court Judge W. Dale Houff has set a review date in June in a case where a town woman is trying to obtain documents from the Warren County Department of Social Services under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Linda B. Selover, a local attorney, filed a petition in General District Court on May 15, 2008, alleging that her rights under Virginia's FOIA were violated by the department's director, Ronald L. King, and its board chairwoman, Prudence B. Mathews." Read the full article here.
FOIA covers judicial salaries, council says
April 6, 2009: "The administrative office of the Virginia court system is subject to the state’s Freedom of Information Act, according to a recent opinion from an open government advisory panel.
The opinion from the Freedom of Information Advisory Council indicated that the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia failed to comply with the FOIA when it withheld information about salaries of administrators and other employees in the state’s magistrate system." Read the full article here.
After FOIA battle with teacher, county schools relent
March 31, 2009: "Mark Crockett is no stranger to public records. The teacher at Western Albemarle High School has used salary information to compare pay raises for the district’s administrators and teachers and has sifted documents to challenge a consultant who concluded teachers didn’t value an early retirement incentive program. But as the state celebrated government transparency with Sunshine Week March 15-21, Crockett learned Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act doesn’t free all information equally.
Crocket wanted to read anonymous comments from a survey conducted last fall by the Albemarle County Public Schools’ Quality Council in order to assess attitudes about school leadership. Numeric results were released in February, but Crockett wanted a closer look at the comments." Read the full article here.
Judge rules in favor of official in FOIA case
March 28, 2009: "A Shenandoah County General District Court judge ruled in favor of County Administrator Vince Poling and the Board of Supervisors in a Freedom of Information Act case Friday afternoon.
Toms Brook resident Mark Prince sought to find Poling in violation of FOIA because he apparently did not provide all relevant documents pertaining to two requests Prince made, both regarding discussions about the placement of a regional jail in Toms Brook." Read the full article here.
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