Open Government: What Local Government Officials Need to Know about WA’s Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act

 

Public Records Act (PRA)

• Public Record Request: What's an Agency to Do? (pdf, 198 kb)
• Five Issues You Should Consider Before You Decide to Use Your Personal Email or Computer for Official Public Business (pdf, 64 kb)
• Six Essential Features of an Effective Public Records Program (pdf, 110 kb)
• How Exemptions Serve the Public Interest (pdf, 78 kb)
• Newspaper articles highlighting real world examples of Public Records Act (pdf, 2.48 mb)

Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA)

• OPMA Basics: What Every Elected and Appointed Official Should Know (pdf, 382 kb)
• Open Public Meeting or Not? How to Know When the OPMA Applies (pdf, 148 kb)
• Open Public Meeting or Not? (pdf, 99 kb)
• Executive Sessions (pdf, 47 kb)
• Executive Sessions Checklist (pdf, 75 kb)
• Executive Sessions RCW (pdf, 15 kb)
• Newspaper articles highlighting real world examples of Open Public Meetings Act (pdf, 1.5 mb)

 

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