LESSON 5:  SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLIC RECORDS ACT TRAINING - RCW 42.56

This training supplements the Public Records Act Basics training in Lesson 2.  This supplemental training provides two videos:  one on electronic records training for Public Records Officers, and one on exemptions from disclosure.  Additional resources on those topics are linked below the videos. 

Electronic Records

Other Resources:

• Municipal Research and Services Center’s “PRA and Records Management Technology Guide” (2019)
• Municipal Research and Services Center’s “Electronic Records Policy Toolkit”
• Municipal Research and Services Center’s “Processing Public Records Requests for Electronic Records”
• Municipal Research and Services Center’s Checklists
• Municipal Research and Services Center’s Text Messaging Policies

​Exemptions

Other Resources:

• See Chapter 2 of Office of the Attorney General – The Open Government Resource Manual

• See Office of the Code Reviser – Annual List of Exemptions Provided to Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee (“Sunshine Committee”) – “Public Disclosure Statutes” (Listed by year)