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 check out State FOIA Friday Archives.
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 4, 2013
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 procedures.
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Read More… from Washington coalition recognizes Kirkland for open government
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 month suggests that often there may be no legal basis for keeping such nuggets of personal information secret.
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Read More… from Court ruling might open door for making personal info public
From Watchdog.org: The Freedom Foundation is holding a Principles to Action conference this weekend focused on “winning in politics while standing on principle.”
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Read More… from WA’s Freedom Foundation lures students to liberty focused conference
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 demonstrations in 2012.
The department agreed to pay $20,000 to the newspaper and its attorneys to avoid a lawsuit over the issue, The Times reported Tuesday.
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Read More… from Seattle Police admit violating public records laws
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.
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Read More… from NFOIC supports open government lawsuit in Washington state
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 government.
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Read More… from Washington governor fulfills promise to make records public
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 for Open Government.
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Read More… from Pierce County employees receive open government award
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 from the latest game, the stock market and the news, among a myriad of other information available on the web.
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