- mandatory Open Public Meetings Act training for local government officials,
- recording of executive sessions after a finding of a previous intentional violation (a compromise from last year), and
- prohibiting "abusive" public records requests from inmates.
“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.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
McKenna Unveils Open Gov't Legislative Proposals
This Tri-City Herald story describes Attorney General Rob McKenna's (R) open-government legislative proposals, which are supported by State Auditor Brian Sonntag (D). Among them are: