Summary

• Jurisdiction: Washington

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Summary

§6.1	Introduction
	(1) A Tale of Two Cities (a) Mesa Washington (b) Gold Bar, Washington (2) Overview of Chapter
§6.2	Statutory Framework
§6.3	General Requirements for Records Management and PRA Compliance
	(1) Before the Request (a) Agency Rules (i) The Scope of the Obligation to Adopt Rules (ii) Listing Exemptions (iii) Indexing Records (iv) The "Spirit" of Agency Rules (v) Enforcing Agency Rules (b) Training (c) Records Management (d) Anticipating Specific Requests (2) The Public Records Officer
§6.4	Working With the Requestor
	(1) The Initial Response (2) Handling Oral Requests and Revisions (3) Unclear Requests (4) Broad Requests and the Interests of the Requestor (5) Continuing Communication
§6.5	Developing a Reasonable Time Estimate
	(1) Preliminary Steps (2) Locating and Assembling the Records Requested (3) Determining Exemptions (4) Other Requests (5) Other Agency Business (6) Notifying Third Parties (7) Extending the Agency's Deadline
§6.6	Working With Agency Employees
	(1) Informing Employees About the Request (2) Third-Party Notification for Staff (3) Explaining the Search Requirements (a) The Neighborhood Alliance Standard (i) General Standard and Identifiable Records (ii) Reassessment (iii) Obvious Leads (b) Electronic Searches
§6.7	Reviewing Records for Exemptions

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