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The Public Records Act (PRA) is a law of the U.S. state of Washington requiring public access to all records and materials from state and local agencies. [1] It was originally passed as a ballot initiative by voters in 1972 and revised several times by the state legislature. The definition of public records, especially concerning the state ...
That’s one of the reasons open government advocates worked so diligently to enact the Public Records Act in 1972 and why the Washington Coalition for Open Government was formed 30 years later.
Three senior U.S. Justice Department officials committed misconduct in the final months of Donald Trump’s first presidency by leaking details about a non-public investigation, a move that may ...
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈ f ɔɪ j ə / FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or uncirculated information and documents controlled by the U.S. government upon request. The act defines agency records subject to ...
New Jersey Open Public Records Act: N.J.S.A. §§ 47:1A-1 to 47:1A-13 2002 [42] Citizens of the state/commonwealth New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act NMSA §§ 14-2-1 to 14-2-12 1993 [43] Any person New York New York Freedom of Information Law Pub. Off. §§ 84 to 90 1974 [44] Any person North Carolina North Carolina Public Records Law
In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced the launch of a new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline website in a news release on May 14.. 988 was established as the universal telephone ...
[24] [25] [26] In September 2007, U.S. District Judge Norman A. Mordue ruled against TRAC saying that federal employee information can be withheld by the government from the public. [27] In 2009, a New York Times report cited TRAC data to describe backlogged immigration courts and a 2020 CNN report reported the same issue. [28] [29] [30]