• Electronic Meetings: The future is not yet here: Two bills have been introduced in the General Assembly this year that would alter the rules governing when state or local governments can meet by electronic means. One would change the rules related to where a quorum of the public body's members must be, another would allow local and regional governments to take advantage of the rules currently reserved for use by state agencies. VCOG is opposed to both measures. (January 23, 2012)
• The Sunshine Report for January 2012: Check out stories on FOIA in the courts, a legislative preview, our annual conference and gala, and more.
  (January 5, 2012)
• The Economist: Sunshine or Colonoscopy: "Technology has certainly made putting arcane data online easier in recent years. But the real push for transparency has come from the scandals that often breed in opaque government.....Yes, most of the data are boring,... [b]ut journalists and think-tanks should have them, to browse and crunch and snoop. Freedom of information laws already do allow the press and the public to demand specific information. But the process is too cumbersome to hold governments to account." (The Economist) (November 20, 2011)

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• Christian v. State Corporation Commission: The State Corporation Commission is not subject to FOIA. (November 7, 2011)
• FOI Advisory Council Opinion AO-06-11: Adult arrestee booking photographs (mug shots) are public records subject to FOIA. (October 17, 2011)

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