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Certified Public Records Officer Designations

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

2021 Spring Training

We would love to have you join us at our 2021 WAPRO Spring Training Virtual Conference.

Register Today!

General Session: Wednesday, May 19th, 2021 at 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Breakout Sessions: Thursday, May 20th, 2021 at 8:00 am – 12:15 pm

Virtual Conference: Login instructions will be sent to registrants the week prior to conference date.

Agenda: See what’s on the agenda during the event. View Agenda

Conference Cost: Members: $60 | Non Members: $85

If you have any additional questions about the event, please feel free to email office@wa-pro.org.

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Transparency News Highlights

May 14, 2021

Washington State

• ACLU, Disability Rights Washington fighting release of records tied to Washington’s transgender prison population
• Public records requests mishandled after Seattle mayor’s texts went missing, commission finds
• Not just the mayor: Text messages of Seattle police and fire chiefs from June 2020 also missing
• Unwilling to negotiate in public, labor union sues Spokane over new charter rule on bargaining
• The JLARC Public Records Reporting System is now open for reporting 2020 data
• Sunshine Committee Meeting May 18
• Local Records Grant Program: New round of funding available to local governments statewide

Around the Country

• Bucks County coroner: Commissioners’ $1 million cut to office violated Sunshine law, PA
• Judge: Public records requests don’t have to be emailed, OK
• Your Right To Know: Officials use digital dodges to hide records, WI
• In Effort to Increase Transparency, AG Bonta to Accelerate Release of Peace Officer Use-of-Force and Misconduct Records, CA
• North Carolina Senate approves government transparency bill, NC
• Open Records: Augusta demands court reconsider order to release fire chief finalists records, GA
• Citing Debunked Study, Nakagiri Seeks FOIA Of COVID Evidence, MI
• USC promises transparency but will begin charging to release public records, SC

International

• Global regulators issue call for clinical trial data transparency

Related Issues

• Deleting Yahoo Answers is a disastrous idea. For history’s sake, we need to preserve our digital record.