Updates regarding JLARC's public record performance metrics now available

In November, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) issued its preliminary guidance for local governments to use as they prepare to report on their public disclosure requests.

In response, JLARC received questions and feedback that have been incorporated into three, recently-released documents:

• Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
• An updated guidance document that incorporates suggestions on how to make the language in the guidance more clear.
• A revisions sheet that shows which metrics have been updated, the purpose of each revision, and how the language has changed.

JLARC is building an online system that agencies will use to report their data. That system should be available for use by the end of May or early June.

If you have any questions, please contact:

• Jill Satran, Sightline, (360) 791-3020, jill@sightlinellc.com; or
• Valerie Whitener, JLARC, (360) 786-5191, valerie.whitener@leg.wa.gov.