Washington Coalition for Open Government
@WashingtonCOG
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WashCOG is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit advocate for the people’s right to know what their government is doing.
Washington State
Joined March 2013
You can also follow WashCOG on: ➡️ Facebook at ➡️ Threads at @waopengov ➡️ Instagram at waopengov ➡️ Mastodon at @WashCOG@newsie.social ➡️ And especially our website at
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The Olympia media covering the legislative session would like a regular word with the governor, Seattle Times reporters suggest.
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As AG he always said he supported transparency, but Washington's newest governor is a tight-lipped so far.
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Check out WasCOG's legislative watch as we track access issues in Olympia.
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RT @MuckRock: MuckRock is seeking logo ideas for merchandise for our newly acquired Data Liberation Project. The winner will receive $300,…
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Tick ... tick ... tick ... The deadline is Jan. 17 for nominating journalists and media outlets for our annual Kenneth annual Kenneth F. Bunting Award. For more info and a downloadable nomination form, go to
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RT @ByMikeBaker: Elections administrators in Clark County, Wash. just sent these images of ballots burned in Vancouver's ballot box arson.…
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RT @CapitolCurrents: There’s an Oregon category on Jeopardy tonight. Nobody responded correctly to this one.
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@DBeekman @seattletimes This story underscores, yet again, how public records make it possible for the public and the press to examine public agencies' performances and have conversations that make government *better.* #opengov
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@CityofSeattle @SeattleCouncil The really cool thing about Kevin's essay is that he used *public records* to show how Seattle officials have considered cutting the Seattle Channel *for years.*
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed $1.6 million cut to the Seattle Channel "shows a brazen disregard for public access." by Jean Godden via Post Alley
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RT @WAStateArchives: 35 years ago, WA Gov. Gary Locke proclaimed October to be Kalakala Awareness Month. In its heyday, the ferry Kalakala…
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In a unanimous opinion, the WA state Court of Appeals in Tacoma said third-party persons who are “named in the record” and “to whom the record specifically pertains" have standing to sue to block disclosure.
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RT @danielwinvw: .@ErinSellers18 did a TikTok earlier this year about her harrowing experience:
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RT @hannahkrieg: $1.6 million is a drop in the bucket to save critical, original programming. Tell City Council to keep their hands off Sea…
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