The Virginia Coalition for Open Government  
January 2003
1 Closed conference committees in New Mexico
2 Mexico approves FOI law
3 Ga. compiles FOI booklet for police
4 Open-government exceptions to require 2/3rds vote in Fla. legislature
5 Group unveils guidelines for digital court records
6 Access after 9/11 suffers inside the Beltway
7 Momentum building to prohibit secret settlement orders
8 Medical Board reforms facing a critical test
9 New DoC director named
10 1 of 3 Fredericksburg e-mail exchanges was an improper electronic meeting, judge rules
11 High court hears Virginia cross-burning case
12 Library of Virginia hit hard in state's $6 billion shortfall
13 FOIA exemption sought for election-day "meetings"
14 At the Legislature
15 E-government briefs
16 FOI Complaints
17 FOIAC by the numbers
18 Council to honor Woodrum
19 FOIAC subcommittees tackle payment for record requests and Public Procurement Act conflicts
20 FOI Advisory Council Updates: Opinions
21 Correction
22 Paul McMasters elected Coalition's second president
23 Coalition Bulletin board
24 VCOG annual conference at the new VPA in Glenn Allen well attended, well received
25 Gilmore produces missing records; 12 boxes will stay sealed until 2015
26 Court-records study committee makes 5 recommendations; seeks 2-year extension
 

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