The @atg.wa.gov was asked 3 Q's.
1️⃣ Did you investigate the alleged felony?
2️⃣ What is your procedure when a client agency is accused of a crime?
3️⃣ Does your silence signal that records-destruction won’t be enforced?

They chose evasion over answering. #waleg

Receipts matter.
This is the real January 5, 2023 message sent inside OMWBE:

“What happens if someone is asked to delete some Teams posts… because of a records request?” #waleg

In our latest episode, we shine a light on an allegation of felony records destruction inside Washington’s Office of Minority & Women’s Business Enterprises (OMWBE). A staff member says they were told to delete Teams posts because of a public records request.

Yes, really. #waleg

The @oicwa.bsky.social PRO would later express some relief that @ssowersby.bsky.social did not request messages from the OIC's preferred IM system "Slack." One must wonder why 🤔 She also makes clear agency convenience should be the priority over the proper retention of the people's records #waleg

DCYF records show staff not searching Teams because the request didn't "specify" to do so. DOC doesn't search teams unless they are specifically asked. But if a requester asks for "all records" or "all communications," then all possible locations should be searched. #waleg

2 years into the 7 day auto-deletion of Teams chats and the Public Records Officer at @oicwa.bsky.social did not know how to hold those records. This points to pattern we discuss in Ep. 11 where agencies aren't dutifully searching all the places where records may exist. #waleg

@governorferguson.bsky.social ordered state agencies to stop auto-deleting their messages. Two days later, WaTech held a meeting to explain it. Someone asked if it would be recorded. WaTech's reply: “And make it discoverable? LOL.” Nothing funnier than covering up the public’s business. 🤷 #waleg

We take the right’s hypocrisy on free speech to task in Ep. 9 of #ThePROP Why is it ok for Trump to call his fellow American’s fascist, Marxist, vermin, but if left leaning leaders use the same language it becomes an unforgivable sin? Get real. #waleg

Cover Up much!!! One day after @governorferguson.bsky.social announces the suspension of the auto-deletion of Washington's public records, WaTech calls a meeting to discuss the matter with records and IT staff from across the executive branch. #waleg

🚨 New Episode 🚨
Ep. 9 When Hypocrisy Makes You Vomit. Hypocrisy isn’t just annoying, it’s dangerous. This week we break down Brandi Kruse’s latest meltdown and her bigger game of silencing truth while enabling extremism. thepublicrecordsofficer.com
#ThePROP #waleg

“Secrecy isn’t just about hiding documents it’s about shifting power away from the public.” -@mirandaspivack.bsky.social joined @ssowersby.bsky.social and I to discuss her excellent new book Backroom Deals In Our Backyards #waleg #transparency

“The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know” The Public Records Act. Yet, @governorferguson.bsky.social has been conducting a secret review of auto-deletions? #waleg

Ep. 3 “The Watchdog’s Blind Eye” Lead counsel at SAO must resign!

The State Auditor says the public deserves answers. Her top attorney told agencies they don’t owe us one.

We dig into the contradiction and the cover-up Rose still hasn’t explained. @wastateauditor.bsky.social
#waleg #opengov

What the LEG is doing, is exactly what the AG's model rules on public disclosure literally says should not be done. The shamelessness of WA's leaders knows no bounds.

The current @atg.wa.gov is now continuing that defense in the face not only of that 2021 advice, but also form the AG’s own Model Rules on Public Disclosure. How can they justify wasting tax payer money on a defense of that which AG explicitly warned agencies against? #waleg #opengo #ThePROP

Should @atg.wa.gov still defend agencies after warning them their actions carried massive legal risk?

#ThePROP reveals newly unredacted advice from then AG @governorferguson.bsky.social, who still defended agencies in court as they destroyed around 50Million public records every week. #waleg