Public Records Free Directory Blog

www.wacourtsonline.com is now offering free reports of new cases filed in each Washington Superior Court on a weekly basis. The new reports show case counts for each type of case based on the cause of action for civil cases and on the most serious initial charge for criminal cases.
For criminal case types, links are provided [...]

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While recent legislative developments have expanded public access to federal records, there is an unusual and extreme case developing in the state of Washington that may test the boundaries and principles of public access to official government records. From the Associated Press via TBO.com on February 1, 2008:
… Allan Parmelee’s hundreds of requests under the [...]

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  A Washington Department of Social and Health Services worker’s emails and computer usage records have been disclosed in response to a public records request.  The requester felt that the state worker had not handled her adoptive son’s case properly and sought information that would help her in her lawsuit against the state.
 Washington blacked out [...]

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