State employee e-mails are subject to Freedom of Information requests made by the public under Virginia’s open-government laws … which also allow the costs of providing records to be passed along to the requester. But the e-mails have become so voluminous and cluttered that costs to retrieve them have skyrocketed. And as Virginia Public Radio’s Anne Marie Morgan reports, the Freedom of Information Advisory Council is concerned that steep charges could have a chilling effect.
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- Philippines Orders Deportation Of Australian Activist Nun April 25, 2018Sis. Patricia Fox has been given 30 days to get out of the country after she apparently joined protest rallies against controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
- Federal Judge Upholds DACA, Calling White House Decision To Rescind It 'Capricious' April 25, 2018The U.S. District Court judge put his decision on hold for 90 days to give the Department of Homeland Security time to provide a better explanation as to why the program is unlawful.
- Watchdog Says Billions In Afghanistan Funding At Risk Of Misuse April 25, 2018Funds in the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund are at risk because the World Bank is not adequately monitoring how they are used. The U.S. has contributed $3 billion to the fund.
- First Trump State Dinner Brings Billionaires And Administration Officials April 25, 2018A group of 120 — including Apple's Tim Cook, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and chef Guy Savoy — were invited to the grandest party in the nation's capital, honoring French President Emmanuel Macron.
- Those Affected By Trump's Travel Ban Hope For End To 'Chaos' After Supreme Court Case April 25, 2018"The executive order, at its heart, says Yemeni people are bad and they need to stay away. We say no! We are part of the fabric of the country," says a Yemeni-American whose mother was denied a visa.
- Philippines Orders Deportation Of Australian Activist Nun April 25, 2018
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- Labour vows to settle anti-Semitism complaints by July April 25, 2018But Jewish leaders say their meeting with Jeremy Corbyn was a "disappointing, missed opportunity".
- Man critical after Anfield attack before Liverpool-Roma clash April 25, 2018Two men are arrested following the incident shortly before Liverpool played Roma at Anfield.
- Euromillions: UK ticketholder scoops £121m jackpot April 25, 2018The lucky ticket will see the holder become the country's third biggest lottery winner of all time.
- WhatsApp to raise minimum age limit to 16 in EU April 24, 2018The messaging app is changing its rules ahead of the introduction of new data privacy regulations in May.
- Kim Wall death - what we know so far April 24, 2018What we know so far about Kim Wall's death.
- Labour vows to settle anti-Semitism complaints by July April 25, 2018