VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

Reference Materials

• Access to Public Records PowerPoint Presentation
• Access to Public Meetings PowerPoint Presentation
• Access to Public Records
• Access to Public Meetings
• Electronic Meetings Guide (2021)
• Electronic Meetings Guide (2022)
• Email: Use, Access & Retention
• Email and Meetings:
  • Email and Meetings under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act
  • Virginia Legislative Issue Brief No. 37, Beck v. Shelton: The Supreme Court Examines the Parameters of a "Meeting" under FOIA
• Law Enforcement Records and the Freedom of Information Act
• Criminal and Other Law Enforcement Records PowerPoint Presentation
• Handling FOIA Requests for Records of 911 Calls
• FOIA & Social Media
• Taking the Shock Out of FOIA Charges: A Guide to Allowable Charges for Record Production under the Freedom of Information Act
• Virginia Legislative Issue Brief No. 44, Closed Meeting Exemption for Contract Negotiations under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, White Dog Publishing v. Culpeper County Board of Supervisors
• FOIA Guide for Boards of Visitors
• FOIA Guide for Local Government Officials
• Local Elected Officials and FOIA PowerPoint Presentation
• Access to Records - Quick Reference
• A Guide to the Freedom of Information Act for Members of Boards, Councils, Commissions, and other Deliberative Public Bodies
• Guide to Geographic Information Systems Records
• List of other access laws (incomplete)
• Citizens' Guide to Making FOIA Requests
• SCHEV FOIA video for governing boards