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FOIA in the courts
Friday in Warren County, a judge ruled that the Department of Social Services there did violate FOIA, but that the violations were "technical" and "minimal." The judge did award some attorneys' fees to the plaintiff. And earlier this week, a Prince William judge again rescheduled the hearing date on a FOIA case involving the county school system's visitor identification software. Read the judge's letter ruling in the Warren County case, and read the defendant's response brief in the Prince William case. And here's an editorial related to the Prince William case.
 

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Upcoming Events

  • Sep 15 Making Your FOIA Life Easier Through Better Records Management Seminar
  • Oct 21 - Oct 22 VCOG Annual Conference 2010
  • Oct 21 - Oct 22 Virginia Library Association annual conference
  • Nov 03 - Nov 05 Va. Association of Government Archives & Records Administrators conference
  • Nov 07 - Nov 09 Virginia Association of Counties Annual Conference