“Og-blog” stands for “open-government blog” and that’s what we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
County Now Accepts Public Records Requests by E-Mail
Grays Harbor County, like many local governments, refused to accept public records requests by e-mail. That is until the Attorney General's Open-Government Ombudsman, Tim Ford, wrote the county a letter outlining why a government agency must accept requests by email. This (Aberdeen) Daily World story describes what happened.