VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Reference Materials

The FOIA Council continuously creates and updates educational materials that we hope are relevant to both requesters as well as government officials and employees responding to requests and conducting public meetings. Publications range from documents explaining the basic procedural requirements of FOIA to documents exploring less-settled areas of the law. The FOIA Council also publishes its annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly and compiles a document summarizing the changes to FOIA made by the most recent session of the General Assembly.

Click on the links below to access each of the educational publications currently available:

• Access to Public Records
• Access to Public Meetings
• Guide to State Electronic Meetings
• Guide to Local Electronic Meetings
• E-Mail: Use, Access & Retention
• Taking the Shock Out of FOIA Charges: A Guide to Allowable Charges for Record Production under the Freedom of Information Act
  To request copies of this brochure contact the Freedom of Information Advisory Council at 900 E. Main Street, 10th Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or email foiacouncil@dls.virginia.gov.

If you have any questions about any of these publications or have suggestions for future publications, please contact the FOIA Council by phone at (804) 698-1810 [local] or 1-886-448-4100, or by email at foiacouncil@dls.virginia.gov.