FOIA Friday: Virginia faces scrutiny over public records transparency

By: Staff Report

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 1,199

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the Virginia Freedom of Information Act presumes all government business is by default public and requires officials to justify why exceptions should be made, too many Virginia leaders in practice take the opposite stance, acting as if records are by default private and the public …

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