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From Washington Coalition for Open Government: Saturday, March 9, 2013 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Mercer Island Community Center - Mercer Room Featuring Bob Ferguson, Washington State Attorney GeneralPanel...
View ArticleJefferson hires outside attorney for public records case
From Peninsula Daily News:PORT TOWNSEND, WA — A lawsuit over a public records request has led to Jefferson County retaining outside legal counsel to advise the county about the case. Mats Mats resident...
View ArticleOp-ed: Don’t let local governments gut the (Washington) Public Records Act
Opinion from the Seattle Times: FOR 40 years, Washington’s Public Records Act has been a window for anyone to see what’s going on in state, county and city governments, schools and other local...
View ArticleCaution in order when considering new (Washington) public records bills
Editorial from TDN.com:As newspaper publishers, we tend to take a proprietary attitude toward public records. The state of Washington has some of the nation’s strongest laws in terms of keeping public...
View ArticleMake 'Sunshine Week' memorable for open government
Editorial from Kitsap Sun:A litany of bills aimed at amending the state’s Public Records Act — in both good and bad ways — again surfaced in Olympia this legislative session. While it’s encouraging to...
View ArticleSunshine week celebrates Washington's right to open public records
From The Bellingham Herald: Nearly fifty years ago a middle-school student and her friends set a major free speech case into motion by wearing a black armband to school to protest the Vietnam war.read...
View ArticleOnline public records access a mixed bag
From Columbia Basin Herald: MOSES LAKE - Living in a digital age has its benefits. The internet puts the information a user wants virtually at their fingertips. People have immediate access to scores...
View ArticlePierce County employees receive open government award
From Patch: A team of Pierce County employees who redesigned part of the county's website to make it much easier for citizens to access public records were honored Wednesday by the Washington Coalition...
View ArticleWashington governor fulfills promise to make records public
From Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Gov. Jay Inslee, in fulfilling a campaign promise not to invoke executive privilege to block the release of public records, has taken an important stand for open...
View ArticleNFOIC supports open government lawsuit in Washington state
Resident claims that King County Housing Authority has established a nonprofit shadow organization to carry out its programs while circumventing the Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act.read...
View ArticleSeattle Police admit violating public records laws
From OregonLive.com: The Seattle Police Department acknowledged it broke public records laws when it withheld from The Seattle Times an internal memo about its response to riotous May Day...
View ArticleWA’s Freedom Foundation lures students to liberty focused conference
From Watchdog.org: The Freedom Foundation is holding a Principles to Action conference this weekend focused on “winning in politics while standing on principle.”read more
View ArticleCourt ruling might open door for making personal info public
From The Olympian: When handing over public records, government agencies routinely censor Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and sometimes even dates of birth. A state court ruling this...
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Washington coalition recognizes Kirkland for open government
From Kirkland Reporter: The Washington Coalition for Open Government recognized the Kirkland City Council during the Sept. 17 meeting for its recent adoption of records retention rules and...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for October 4, 2013
From NFOIC: A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to...
View ArticleWashington Coalition for Open Government workshops in October and November
From Washington Coalition for Open Government: The Washington Coalition for Open Government (WCOG) invites the public to attend a free workshop from 1:00 to 4:00PM on Saturday, October 26 at the...
View ArticleTacoma candidates less than open with Washington Coalition for Open Government
From The News Tribune: I guess I could understand one or two candidates failing to complete the questionnaire that seeks their views on open government issues facing the state. The Washington Coalition...
View ArticleWash. Supreme Court: Governor can claim ‘executive privilege’
From NFOIC: In the ruling that open government groups view as a setback, the Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that constitutional separations of power gives that state's governor an "executive...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for October 18, 2013
From NFOIC: A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to...
View ArticlePeter Callaghan: A bad open government ruling 14 years in the making
From The News Tribune: I wasn’t as shocked as some last week when the state Supreme Court found that governors have a constitutional exemption from disclosing certain documents to the public. Since I’d...
View ArticleFormer AG McKenna favors constitutional amendment to bar govt-records...
From The Olympian: Former Washington attorney general Rob McKenna says he favors a constitutional amendment as a way to counter last week's state Supreme Court ruling that upheld a governor's claim of...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for November 15, 2013
From NFOIC: A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for November 22, 2013
From NFOIC: A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week. While you're at it, be sure to...
View ArticleWashington lawmaker calls for study of public records law reforms
From HeraldNet.com: OLYMPIA -- Leaders of local governments frustrated by the growing amount of time and tax dollars spent satisfying those with a voracious demand for public records shouldn't count on...
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