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VIRGINIA
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ADVISORY COUNCIL
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
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2020
Subcommittees
The
2020 Session of the General Assembly referred one bill to
the FOIA Council for study during the interim. The FOIA Council
also continued its Phishing Study which was referred by the
2019 Session of the General Assembly. At its meeting on August
4, 2020, the FOIA Council established two subcommittees to
study these bills as described below.
1. HB 321
- Electronic Meetings Subcommittee
The
Subcommittee consists of Council members Coleburn, Conrad,
Potter, Rives, Seltzer, Stern, and Wade. The Subcommittee
will study House
Bill 321 (Levine), summarized as follows:
Virginia
Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; serious
medical condition of immediate family member. Allows
a public body to conduct a meeting through electronic communication
means if, on or before the day of a meeting, a member of
the public body holding the meeting notifies the chair of
the public body that he is unable to attend due to a serious
medical condition of an immediate family member that prevents
the member's physical attendance. The bill also limits such
participation in an electronic meeting due to a personal
matter to either two meetings per calendar year or 10 percent
of the meetings held that calendar year, rounded up to the
nearest whole number, whichever is greater.
The
Subcommittee will also study other issues related to electronic
meetings as needed, including issues which have been raised
due to the COVID-19 state of emergency
Redline
Draft for Consideration (pdf)
Redline
Draft for Consideration (Word doc)
Meetings
Scheduled:
Tuesday,
October 20, 2020, 1:15 p.m., Virtual Meeting
Agenda
Summary
Meeting Video
(mp4)
VCOG Remarks
Further VCOG Remarks
VPA Remarks
Aimee Perron
Siebert Remarks
Jon Stehle Remarks
Jennifer Passey
Remarks
Lauren Colliver
Remarks
Susan
Anderson Remarks
Joseph Swartz
Remarks
Elizabeth
Bennett-Parker Remarks
Phyllis Errico
Remarks
Wednesday,
November 18, 2020, 2:00 p.m., Virtual Meeting
Agenda
Summary
Meeting Video
Bill draft for
discussion
Alternative draft
Draft Received from
Aimee Perron Siebert
American Association
of University Women of Virginia Comments
Comment letter
submitted on behalf of 32 elected women
Comments
submitted on behalf of the City of Falls Church Council
VPA Remarks
Jacqueline Wilson
Remarks
Abby
Fox Remarks
Liz Carter
Remarks
Lara Larson
Remarks
Amanda Bean
Remarks
Shirley
Hottot Remarks
Stair Calhoun
Remarks
Stair Calhoun
Remarks (2)
Jere Gibber
Remarks
Jay Sinha Remarks
Lucy Von Fahnestock
Remarks
Alyia Gaskins
Remarks
Lindsey
Davis Stover Remarks
Larysa Kautz
Candice
Bennett Remarks
Melssa Dart
Remarks
Allison
Byrne Remarks
Allison
Jenkins/Allison Byrne Remarks
Irina Khanin
Remarks
Michelle
Woolley Remarks
Natalie Pien
Remarks
Heather
Allen Remarks
Chelsea
Savage Remarks
Julie Jakopic
Remarks
Linda Mccray
Remarks
Tricia Dunlap
Remarks
Rosa Castillo
Krewson Remarks
Harriet
Hirsch Remarks
Mindy Mitchell
Remarks
Shafuq Naseem
Remarks
Ashley
Marshall Remarks
Katherine Seifu
Remarks
Katie Cristol
Remarks
Helen Cole
Remarks
Arbora
Johnson
Stephen
D'Alessio Remarks
Vicki Moffitt
Remarks
Yvette Jiang
Remarks
Annette Lang
Remarks
David Tartar
(NVRC) Remarks
Catherine
Lada Remarks
Kim Keene Remarks
Diana Karczmarczyk
Remarks
Nicole Carry
Remarks
Bonnie
Hershberg Remarks
Norma Kacen
Remarks
Hannah Senft
Remarks
Kathryn
Scruggs Remarks
Lauren Smith
Remarks
Amanda
Granozio Remarks
Gary
Grant Remarks
William
Tufts Remarks
Susana
Gonzalez
Karmel James
Remarks
Mikhael
Charnoff Remarks
Margaret
Turlington Remarks
Meghan Goldenberg
Remarks
Lauren Gedge
Remarks
Erin Gill Remarks
Debra Roth
Remarks
Molly Novotny
Remarks
Cory Weiss
Remarks
Chrystie
Swiney Remarks
Kathleen
Philpott Costa Remarks
Susan
Nelson Remarks
Leanne
Berthiaume Remarks
Linda
Valentino Remarks
Alisa Macht
Remarks
Meredith
MacKay Remarks
Liz Weatherly
Remarks
Christina
Goodwin Remarks
Susana Hill
Remarks
Ruth Saunders
Remarks
Stephanie
Oppenheimer Remarks
Remarks submitted
on behalf of the Virginia chapter of the National Organization
for Women
Elizabeth Lonoff
Remarks
Connie
Rydberg Remarks
Kristina
Martinez Remarks
Maria
del Carmen Cadena Almeida Remarks
Jorge Ricardo
Bolanos Gamboa Remarks
Sandra
Tarpinian Remarks
Melissa
Teates Remarks
Ricardo
Alfaro Remarks
Stacy Evers
Remarks
Douglas
Bolanos Remarks
Andy Rankin
Remarks
Archi Pyati
Remarks
Maureen
Devine-Ahl Remarks
Courtney
Newbold Remarks
Lauren Miller
Remarks
Kelli Edwards
Remarks
Andrea
Caumont Remarks
Sonia Ruiz-Bolanos
Remarks
Paige Halper
Remarks
Corey
Jannicelli Remarks
Megan Bartholomew
Remarks
David Beddoe
Remarks
Carl Salsbury
Remarks
Lisa Bockelman
Remarks
Monica Freas
Remarks
Leslie Rye
Remarks
Susanna
Hamme Remarks
Kristin
Stamilio Remarks
Brittanie
Werbel Remarks
Jenna Shroeder
Remarks
Catharine
Rice Remarks
Cathy Hosek
Remarks
Ann Smith Remarks
Drew Meren
Remarks
Norman Hall
Remarks
Barbara
Brown Remarks
David Swan
Remarks
Jess Stewart
Remarks
Karen Akers
Remarks
Vee Maddox
Remarks
Lisa Connolly
Remarks
Missy Dixon
Remarks
Holly Hazard
Remarks
Megan Radek
Remarks
Kathi Robinson
Remarks
William
Berkson Remarks
Kelly Daly
Remarks
Rupa Hicks
Remarks
Carrie Bruns
Remarks
Letter
submmitted on behalf of 61 elected officials
Shea Cousin
Remarks
Ann Wyborski
Remarks
Mia Tilman
Remarks
Richard
McPike Remarks
Cathy Copeland
Remarks
2. HJ 628
- Phishing Study Subcommittee
The
Subcommittee consists of Council members Treadway (Chair),
Bujakowski, King-Casey, Rives, and Wade. The Subcommittee
will study the threat of phishing attacks using information
obtained through FOIA as proposed by House
Joint Resolution 628 (Heretick, 2019), summarized as follows:
Study;
Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; threat
of phishing attacks; report. Directs the Virginia
Freedom of Information Advisory Council (FOIA Council) to
study the threat of phishing attacks on citizens and public
employees whose contact and private information is legally
obtained as a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request. The study further directs the FOIA Council to examine
the current FOIA provisions and make recommendations on
ways to address the threat of phishing attacks on citizens
and public employees of the Commonwealth.
[NOTE:
Please click here
to view the work of the Subcommittee in 2019.]
Meetings
Scheduled:
Tuesday,
November 17, 2020, 11:00 a.m., Virtual Meeting
Agenda
Summary
Meeting Video
Roger
Wiley Remarks
3.
HB 5090 - Criminal Incident Information Subcommittee
The
Subcommittee consists of Council members Delegate Simon (Chair),
Conrad, King-Casey, Seltzer, and an additional citizen member,
Marisa Porto. The Subcommittee will study House
Bill 5090 (Hurst), summarized as follows:
Virginia
Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident
information; criminal investigative files. Adds
criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, to the
types of law-enforcement and criminal records required to
be released in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act. Under current law, the release
of criminal investigative files is discretionary. The bill
also allows a law-enforcement agency or attorney for the
Commonwealth to petition a court of record for permission
not to release criminal incident information that would
otherwise be subject to release, if the release of such
information is likely to jeopardize an ongoing investigation
or cause certain other harms.
Meetings
Scheduled:
Wednesday,
October 21, 2020, 2:00 p.m., Virtual Meeting
Agenda
Summary
Meeting Video
(mp4)
Innocence
Project's proposed legislation
Summary
of National Landscape on Public Access to Criminal Investigative
Files
50 State Analysis
of Public Access to Criminal Investigative Files
Written
Testimony from victim family members Jason Nixon & Debbie
Borato
Innocence
Project Testimony from Michelle Feldman
VCOG
Remarks
Tuesday,
November 17, 2020, 2:00 p.m., Virtual Meeting
Agenda
Summary
Meeting
Video (mp4)
Bill draft for discussion
Virginia
Innocence Coalition Testimony
Jason Nixon Testimony
Debbie Borato Testimony
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