Municipal – Virginia FOIA – ‘Personnel Files’ 
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Published: December 21, 2009
Tags: Judge Josiah T. Showalter Jr., Municipal, Radford Circuit Court
A Radford Circuit Court orders the city of Radford to produce to the Roanoke Times additional information from a city employee’s FOIA requests, which the city has maintained can be redacted under the statutory exemption for “personnel records.”
The Roanoke Times requested all FOIA requests submitted to the city between June 15, 2008 and Sept. 16, ...
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