Washington Coalition for Open Government
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[edit] Mission
The organization's mission reads as:
"The Coalition was formed to act as an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and defending the People's right to know in matters of public interest and in the conduct of the public's business. The Coalition's driving vision is to help foster open government processes, supervised by an informed and engaged citizenry, which is the cornerstone of democracy."[1]
[edit] Transparency projects
The group is working on advocating transparency legislation along with providing advice; Step-by-step how to FOIA; and legal action against the state in order for government bodies to comply with transparency requests.
[edit] Leadership
The Board of Directors for WCOG includes:
- Mike Balmelli, News Direcotr of KAPP-TV/KVEW-TV
- Jonathan Bechtle, Evergreen Freedom Foundation
- Kenneth F. Bunting, Associate Publisher, Seattle Post-Intellignecer
- Stacey Cowles, Publisher, The Spokesman-Review
[edit] External links
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