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Certified Public Records Officer Designations

Congratulations to the following Public Records Officers who recently received their CPRO designation:

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Transparency News Highlights

Nov 19, 2020

Public Disclosure, Washington      

• Proclamation by the Governor Amending and Extending Proclamations  20-05 and 20-28, et seq., Olympia
• Sequim schools won’t disclose information regarding on-leave administrators, Sequim

Public Disclosure/FOIA, Federal

• FOIA 101: FOIA and federal grants
• Government Transparency Should Not be Controversial, Environmental Protection Agency

Public Disclosure/FOIA, States

• Rehoboth Beach found to be in violation of FOIA, Delaware
• County Officials Dig in to Keep COVID-19 Info Private, California
• FOIA advisory council subcommittee advances bill on criminal files transparency, Virginia
• Members of Staunton City Council appear in court for FOIA violation, Virginia

Open Gov’t, Washington

• The mother of all grocery bills: GMA must pay $18 million fine for 2013 disclosure violations, Attorney General
• Lincoln County labor dispute will be appealed to Washington Supreme Court; what does that mean for Spokane?, Lincoln County

Open Gov’t, States

• Editorial: Don’t make virtual meetings in government part of the ‘new normal’, Virginia