Virginia's Attorneys General who have (and whose staff has) interpreted the Freedom of Information Act since the statute's passage in 1968:

• Robert Y. Button 1962-1970 And
• Andrew P. Miller 1970-1977
• Anthony P. Troy 1977-1978
• John Marshall Coleman 1978-1982
• Gerald L. Baliles 1982-1985
• William G. Broaddus 1985-1986
• Mary Sue Terry 1986-1993
• Stephen D. Rosenthal 1993-1994
• James S. Gilmore III 1994-1997
• Richard Cullen 1997-1998
• Mark L. Earley 1998-2001
• Jerry Kilgore 2001-2005
• Judith Williams Jagdmann 2005-2006
• Bob McDonnell 2006-present