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Upcoming Events
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Open Meetings & Public Records Laws Forum
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
5:30PM - 8:00 PM
Sylvan Way Library
1301 Sylvan Way
Bremerton, WA
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Open Meetings & Public Records Laws Forum
Monday, June 23, 2008
6:00 to 8:30 PM
Hoquiam Timberland Library
420 7th Street
Hoquiam, WA
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Open Meetings & Public Records Laws Forum
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
6:30 to 8:30 PM
Oak Harbor Library
1000 SE Regatta Dr
Oak Harbor, WA

Madison - Andersen Award Breakfast
September 19, 2008
Washington Athletic Club
1325 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA
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CLE/CJE Events
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Forum Handouts
Sunshine Week
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Spokane Forum
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View Forum Videos
"Sunshine Week 2008" event: panel discussion - panelists include Seattle City Attorney Tom Carr, Attorney William Crittenden, Rep. Lynn Kessler, State Attorney General Rob McKenna, Secretary of State Sam Reed, State Auditor Brian Sonntag, and moderator Enrique Cerna (Exec. Producer, KCTS 9 Television). - March 19, 2008

Click here to watch openthegovernemnt.org's broadcast of "Government Secrecy: Censoring Your Right to Know"

Public Forum on "Open Meetings & Public Records Laws" - January 9, 2008

2007James Madison-James Andersen Awards Event with keynote speaker Brian Sonntag (Washington State Auditor) - September 21, 2007

2007 NFOIC Annual Summit: Panel discussion on "Telling Stories about Secrecy - On the FOI Beat" May 12, 2007

2007 NFOIC Annual Summit: Panel discussion on "Declassification and Reclassification - The Threat Posed and Possbile Solutions" May 12, 2007

2007 NFOIC Annual Summit: Luncheon program, keynote address by James Neff (The Seattle Times), awards. May 12, 2007

2007 NFOIC Annual Summit: Panel discussion on "Bridging the Red-Blue Divide - Keeping Access a Bipartisan Issue" May 12, 2007

2007 NFOIC Annual Summit: Concurrent session - "Sports Secrecy: Stadium Deals in the Luxury Suites?" (panel discussion) May 11, 2007

2007 NFOIC Annual Summit: Concurrent session - "Election Transparency: The Next Great Freedom of Information Story?" (panel discussion) May 11, 2007

A public forum on "The Implications of Personal Privacy and Identity Theft on Access to Public Records" - April 9, 2007

"Sunshine Week 2007" event: panel discussion - panelists include State Attorney General Rob McKenna, Rep. Lynn Kessler (D-24th District), Bill Will (WA Newspaper Pub. Assn.), Stefan Sharkansky (SoundPolitics.com) and moderator Cindy Zehnder (Pres., TVW). - March 12, 2007

2006 James Madison Awards program with keynote speaker Ray Suarez (Senior Correspondent for "The News-Hour"). - September 12, 2006

Forum on "Digitizing Government Transparency": Public Records in a Digital Age (panel discussion). - July 14, 2006

Forum on "Digitizing Government Transparency": Presentation on Our Governments' Attorney-Client Privilege - An Ethical Dilemma. - July 14, 2006

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Board Meetings
WCOG Board Meetings
Please contact us for more information at: info@washingtoncog.org

February 8, 2008
March 14, 2008
April 11, 2008
May 9, 2008
June 13, 2008
July 11, 2008
August 8, 2008
September 12, 2008
October 10, 2008
November 14, 2008
December 12, 2008



Open Government Leadership Institute
The Washington Coalition for Open Government announces The Open Government Leadership Institute to be held mid-May 2009. Venue TBA. 36 Public officials from all levels of government will be selected to participate in an intensive training on Washington’s open government laws and regulations led by experts in the field. They will be assigned mentors to guide them in avoiding legal and public relations problems in the future.

Applications will be available in 2008 on the WCOG website or by mail from WCOG 6351 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107-2664

For more information, contact us at info@washingtoncog.org, or by phone at (206) 782-0393.