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Call for 2007-2008 VCOG FOI Award Nominations
Nominations
are now being accepted for VCOG’s 2006 Freedom of Information Awards.
Entries should be submitted by April 22nd to VCOG, Box 1293,
Warrenton, VA 20188 or
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Awards are
given for outstanding efforts by citizens, media and government to keep
government meetings or records open to the public.
An
individual citizen or citizens’ group will be the recipient of the
Coalition’s coveted Laurence E. Richardson award. A long-time
Charlottesville broadcasting executive, Richardson helped spearhead the
Coalition’s founding and was a life-long foe of government secrecy. He
died in 1999.
Generally, the awards will be given for achievement in the last 18 months.
Most
recent award winners include: The City of Virginia Beach’s Freedom of
Information Office Virginia Beach, the state’s first local-government
FOI office in August 2003. The office has handled nearly 3,000 FOI
requests, produced more than 46,000 requested documents and aided
inspection of thousands more, and provided space for easy record review
just a few steps from City Council’s meeting chambers; The Culpeper
Citizen, Culpeper Star-Exponent, the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star and
the Virginia Press Association for their successful court fight to
force FOIA compliance in Culpeper County; and Diane Johnson, a Glade
Spring resident who sought town records involving sale or purchase,
without public hearings, of a half-million-dollars worth of town
property.
Winners will be presented with laser-engraved jade
acrylic awards at the Coalition’s statewide conference at the Wingate
Inn in Fredericksburg May 22nd at approximately 7:30 pm.
Entries should include contact information for you and your nominee and documentation of their open-government contributions.
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