Posts Tagged Freedom of Information Act
Just How Far Should the Freedom of Information Act Go?
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on October 15, 2019
Public money is often handed over in the form of grants. But, there’s a debate about how much of that process should be public information. Michael Pope reports.
Legislation That Establishes FOIA Penalties Continues to Move Through the Capitol
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 20, 2019
Do local governments hide public information? One senator is concerned about the possibility they do, and he’s moving forward with a bill to create new penalties to prevent it. Michael Pope reports.
Lawmakers Want More Transparency from State University Presidents
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 4, 2017
Senator Chap Petersen points to the recent controversy over the University of Virginia’s so-called “slush fund” as evidence for the need for more transparency by the state’s university presidents. (Credit: P. Morrissey / Flickr)
Digging into the inner workings of a college or university can be difficult, even when records are requested through a Freedom of Information Act request. As Michael Pope tells us, that’s because university presidents enjoy a license to operate outside of the scope of public scrutiny.
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From NPR News- North Korea Seen Lining Up Military Aircraft For Possible Show November 14, 2019Satellite images shared exclusively with NPR show North Korean fighters and helicopters massed at a single airbase. It could be another sign of escalating tensions.
- International Criminal Court OKs Investigation Into Crimes Against Rohingya November 14, 2019It's a first step in what Rohingya victims see as their best — and perhaps only — opportunity to hold the perpetrators of these acts accountable.
- Pelosi: Impeachment Inquiry Has Yielded Evidence That Trump Engaged In 'Bribery' November 14, 2019House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlines an argument that could shape possible articles of impeachment — that withholding military assistance for political investigations amounts to bribery.
- 'I Am Happy Because I Survived': Refugee Writer Is Free After Years In Detention November 14, 2019Behrouz Boochani won Australia's richest literary prize earlier this year — but the asylum-seeker, detained offshore, couldn't accept in person. Now, he has made it to New Zealand with a message.
- Sri Lanka's Front-Runner Strikes Fear Among Tamils Who Blame Him For Disappearances November 14, 2019Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the civil war-era defense secretary, is considered a hero to many majority Buddhists but the prospect of his winning Saturday's presidential election terrifies some minorities.
- North Korea Seen Lining Up Military Aircraft For Possible Show November 14, 2019
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- Hospital waiting times at worst-ever level November 14, 2019Record numbers in England are on hospital waiting lists, while A&E delays highest since target introduced.
- General election 2019: Jeremy Corbyn rules out 'arbitrary' immigration target November 14, 2019The Labour leader will not say whether he wants the number of people coming into the UK to rise or fall.
- Alfie Lamb car seat death: Man jailed for crushing boy to death November 14, 2019"Manipulative" Stephen Waterson will serve more than seven years after he crushed the three-year-old.
- 'Boeing was at my father's funeral and I was not' November 14, 2019Few victims' families were able to attend the covering over of the Ethiopian Airlines crash site.
- Nasa probes oxygen mystery on Mars November 14, 2019The oxygen in Martian air is changing in a way that can't currently be explained by known chemical processes.
- Hospital waiting times at worst-ever level November 14, 2019
