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Attorney General’s Office delivers annual open-government refresher to Citizen Commission
Summary
Matt Kernitz of the Washington Attorney General’s Office gave a high-level refresher on the Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act, emphasizing disclosure presumption, records retention, PRA response timelines, and limits on private communications among commissioners.
The Citizen Commission on Tax Preferences received its annual open-government refresher on May 7 from the Washington Attorney General’s Office, which emphasized that public records are presumed open, that retention schedules apply, and that public meeting rules restrict private discussions among a quorum of members.
Matt Kernitz, senior counsel and section chief for the AGO’s Advice and Compliance Section, told commissioners that the Public Records Act and the Open Public Meetings Act are “critically important” to transparency and provided a high-level overview of key compliance obligations.
Kernitz reviewed the PRA’s broad definition of a public record and…
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