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Wat Hopkins, VCOG Immediate Past President and professor of communications at Virginia Tech, has been named the Roy H. Park Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina for the spring semester of 2010. Hopkins, a North Carolina native, earned his Ph.D. from UNC.

  

Rod Smolla, dean of the Washington & Lee law school, was chosen by the Virginia Bar Association to moderate the first debate between state gubernatorial candidates Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell   at the Homestead.

  

Served with a subpoena to reveal the identities of those commenting on an online story posted about a local defamation case, Waldo Jaquith claimed the identities were privileged. The case was dismissed before the issue could be resolved by a judge.

  

 

Making Your FOIA Life Easier

A seminar for state and local records managers at the Library of Virginia
800 E. Broad St., Richmond
Thursday, May 30, 2013
9:00 - 12:00
$15/person

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Upcoming Events

  • May 20 FOIA Council Subcommittee on Rights & Responsibilities
  • May 20 FOIA Council Subcommittee on Electronic Meetings
  • May 30 Making Your FOIA Life Easier - a records management seminar

How Many Clicks?

VCOG surveyed all 134 Virginia counties and independent cities and asked,
"How many clicks does it take to get to your local budget?"
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