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Current Issues
Additional Informaton
- Christiansburg In The News
- Christiansburg, VA Issues
- *Comprehensive Plan: Goals, Objectives, & Strategies
- Aquatic Center
- Audit, Budget, Finances (2001-2004)
- Audit, Budget, Finances (2005-2009)
- Drainage/Stormwater (2001-2003)
- Drainage/Stormwater (2004-2006)
- Drainage/Stormwater (2007 – 2009)
- Grants/Funding
- Growth
- Historic Districts
- Sewer Issues (2001-2005)
- Sewer Issues (2006-2009)
- Sidewalks
- Taxes and Fees
- Traffic (2001-2005)
- Traffic (2006-2009)
- VA BILL WATCH
- Virginia State and Local Conflict of Interest Act
From Readers
- FOIA Fan on Oath Keeper or Oath Breaker, The Duty of Elected and Appointed Officials
- FOIA Fan on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
- Carol Lindstrom on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
- Kathy Bowman on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
- FOIA Fan on Smoke and Mirrors! But who is lighting those fires?
Tag Archives: documents
FOIA and Guesswork about Town Council Meeting
While there were a lot of unusual things occurring at the last Christiansburg Town Council Meeting (open discussion, raising of issues, asking questions, paring the budget), there was one event during the last few minutes that captured my attention because … Continue reading
Posted in Christiansburg, VA, Citizen Participation, FOIA, Local Government, VA, VA government
Tagged Christiansburg, citizen, council, documents, foia, Freedom of Information, government, public, town, VA
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Information Sources for the Budget-wise People.
Looking at one year’s budget tells you little. How can you find information that shows budget changes over time or to compare two similar jurisdictions. Here is what can be found on the Auditor of Public Accounts site (focus on Christiansburg since I am here!) Continue reading
City of Virginia Beach: An example of Government and FOIA working together.
The City of Virgina Beach provides a good example of how to include the FOIA in their decision-making processes concerning internet access of public documents. Christiansburg, VA, on the other hand, may have provided a good example of how to avoid FOIA complaince. Talk about extremes! Continue reading
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Ever wonder what Virginia Courts have ruled in FOIA cases? Or, how FOIA is being changed?
How do you find out about Virgina Court cases involving FOIA, or recent changes in FOIA laws. The Virginia Coalition for Open Government is the resource for that information. Continue reading
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Virgina FOIA Evaluation … more on the low scores.
Virginia may score high on many of the tools used to evaluate open government, but that doesn’t mean it scores high in all areas. The Marion Becher Citizen Access Project give some good examples of this. Continue reading
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