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FOR FY 2018 It is hereby Washington he Public Disclosure Commission is the agency in Washington state that is we had identified areas with out-of-date community, and making further improve- declared by the State Public vested with the primary responsibility for the impartial administration and T definitions or terminology, and to help ments and updates. sovereign people enforcement of state laws regulating campaign finance. This includes over- Disclosure make statutory requirements filers have seeing full and timely reporting and disclosure of campaign contributions to be the public struggled with more understandable. And Among these are clarifying the Attorney and expenditures, lobbyist expenditures, and the financial affairs of public Commission’s the Legislature provided some long-overdue General’s Office’s authority, aligning policy of the state officials and candidates. The PDC then ensures that the public is provided immediate and 2018 Annual resources to help us reduce the backlog of political advertising expenditure reporting of Washington: open access to this information to enhance trust in the political and governing processes cases and tackle needed I.T. improvements. requirements, and streamlining F-1 and to help voters make informed decisions at the ballot box. Report To be able to better assist the 10,000-11,000 personal financial affairs disclosure …That political filers each year who file between 80,000- reporting requirements. On behalf of my fellow Commissioners, I am pleased to offer this report on what was one campaign 100,000 required reports, instead of having of the most significant years for the Public Disclosure Commission since its founding. only two staff for data entry and two staff In the months ahead, the PDC also will be and lobbying HIGHLIGHTS to assist filers and provide training to those launching a new registration application contributions being filed and complainants being able to needing help, as of June, 2018, there are four that will help candidates and committees and expenditures ‘forum-shop’, making an end-run around filer assistance and three data entry staff. avoid errors and unnecessary duplication. the PDC, which in turn created inequity To be able to better enforce compliance and We will also complete a new case manage- be fully disclosed I n 2018, campaign contributions and and unfairness in the system. The new law handle hundreds of complaints each year, ment system that will provide everyone to the public and expenditures in Washington state restores the PDC’s role to bring its expertise instead of only two investigators, there are instant access to better information about that secrecy is to reached historic levels; the PDC to bear, assess a complaint on its merits, now five. And, funding was provided to the progress of complaints. And the staff received nearly 650 complaints; handled triage it based on the nature and impact on begin to address a backlog of several million will continue to build out the training be avoided. more than 10,000 required reports; and the public of the alleged violation, provide dollars in needed improvements to program for filers to include more on- responded to more than 7,000 requests for filer assistance where appropriate, and electronic filer applications and other demand digital options and classes built ­— RCW 42.17A Declaration of Policy assistance from the regulated community. enforcement where warranted. It allows out-of-date I.T. applications and systems around their schedules and needs. In the meanwhile, we also developed a the PDC to prioritize cases based on the over the next several years, to help us better new strategic plan; continued our ongoing greatest impacts to the public while meet our goal of transparency and open We will also implement The Disclose process improvement work to streamline preserving the ability of members of the access to information. Act, legislation passed in the 2018 session operations, update forms, and enhance public to intercede in cases if the PDC is that created a new type of committee and uses of technology; conducted rule- not operating as it should. The new law These reforms and investments are already disclosure requirements for nonprofits makings to adopt a number of new or also provides the PDC the options we making a difference in faster resolution of that spend $25,000 or more on political amended rules; and worked with the requested to be able to better address complaints, and in quicker assistance for campaigns in a calendar year — a growing Legislature and Governor to accomplish complaints when candidates, campaigns filers needing help. These are good steps area of campaign finance law across the long-needed updates and improvements or public officials are trying to do the right forward toward our vision of someday be- nation. And we will keep working with CONTACT US to our State’s campaign finance laws. thing, but make unintentional mistakes. ing able to immediately triage cases within policymakers and stakeholders on other Public Disclosure Minor violations can now be addressed 24 hours, resolve all but the most com- emerging issues, such as new uses of Commission As I noted in last year’s report, we needed through a number of alternatives. For plicated cases within 90 days, address as technology to communicate with voters in 711 Capitol Way Suite 206 to better address the constantly changing example, the staff can now give the filer an many cases as possible before the relevant different ways, and so-called “gray money” Olympia, WA 98504 landscape of campaign finance by restoring immediate opportunity to make any needed election, have a wider range of campaign or “nesting doll” campaigns, where the PDC’s capacity to keep up with new technical corrections to resolve the matter. disclosure data that is searchable and committees obscure the sources of funding 360.753.1111 demands and providing the PDC stronger These approaches help us with several downloadable, and be a national leader in by transferring money through different www.pdc.wa.gov authority to fulfill its mission. I’m very goals: the public gets the most accurate tackling emerging campaign finance issues. groups under different names in order to [email protected] pleased to report that significant progress information at the earliest time; interested LOOKING AHEAD avoid disclosing their donors, which makes was made in each of these areas. citizens are not deterred from running for it difficult for the public to track where the FIND US ON office because of fear about complaints money is actually coming from. SOCIAL MEDIA

MESSAGE FROM MESSAGE THE CHAIR State lawmakers worked collaborative- being filed if they make an unintentional, ly across the aisle and in both houses to minor error that doesn’t harm the public; A s agreed to with the bill’s sponsors, 2019 promises to be another very busy pass important reforms. ESHB 2938, an and taxpayer resources can be focused on we will return to the Legislature year as the PDC continues to advance its important campaign finance bill, passed the most significant alleged violations that in 2019 with agency-request mandate to help the public follow the by wide margins in both houses (94-4 and will now be assessed and assigned to an legislation that furthers the goals set in Judgemoney in Anne politics. Levinson (ret.) Cover image: Washington State 48-0, then the House concurred in Senate investigator within 90 days. ESHB 2938, refining some elements that Public Disclosure Commission Chair Legislative Support Services amendments, passing 92-4). This new law were not completed due to the short December 6, 2018 reformed a process that had been ‘wea- Lawmakers also supported our request to session, providing additional clarity and ponized’, with hundreds of complaints update several sections of the statute where ease of understanding for the regulated PAGE 2 | PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process | PAGE 3 MILLIONS SPENT ON STATE INITIATIVES Washington New record set in spending State Public Top candidate campaign spending in 2018 $ Disclosure Candidate Independent Independent Initiative 1631, a proposed carbon fee Top measure expenditures expenditures for expenditures against $ Commission’s on fossil-fuel emissions,$ spurred a costly spending $ $ (Senate Dist. 26) MONEY campaign that broke state records for 2018 Annual $2,035,766 For Against $ statewide initiative$ spending. No on 1631 Report $ Claire Wilson (Senate Dist. 30) 42 I-940 $1,434,110 (Sponsored by Western States Petroleum $3.2M Association) spent $31 million to oppose the ballot proposi- Mark Miloscia (Senate Dist. 30) $279K $1,197,665 tion, topping the previous record of $24.3 million set in 2013 by opponents of Initiative 522’s effort to mandate labeling of I-1631 Marty McClendon (Senate Dist. 26) $31.1M $1,021,901 44 genetically modified food. Expenditures by I-1631 supporters

Pinky Vargas (Senate Dist. 42) totaled another $16 million, making the carbon fee measure $901,497 48 the most expensive in state history at $47 million. $16.3M Joe Fain (Senate Dist. 47) 47 An effort to ban local soda and grocery taxes, Initiative 1634, 26 $726,547 also broke new ground. Yes to Affordable Groceries, (Senate Dist. 42) sponsored by the American Beverage Association, spent I-1634 $719,613

30 $22 million, surpassing the $20.24 million outlay in support $21.9M Erin Frasier (House Dist. 19) 28 of I-1183’s liquor privatization in 2011. $646,214 FORAGAINST $113K Campaigns surrounding all four measures — Initiatives 1631 Steven Hobbs (Senate Dist. 44) FORAGAINST $618,130 and 1634 in 2018, I-522 in 2013, and I-1183 in 2011 — had 19 Legislative Rodney Tom (Senate Dist. 48) Districts with something in common besides being big-budget affairs: The I-1639 Note: Totals rounded most spending $616,356 to nearest dollar side that spent the most prevailed with voters. $5.5M $718K

Who gave how much? CAMPAIGN FINANCES Top lobbyist employers Lobbyist Lobbying expenses compensation and contributions LOBBYING EXPENSES For FY 2018 S pending in the 2018 election was TOTAL SEIU $1,019,544 led by initiative campaigns, with $36.6M WA Education Assn. $700,795 a total of $79 million spent on Amazon.com $683,313 four statewide measures. State and local $6,264,841 $5,873,077 O rganizations that employed WA Fed. of State Employees $650,969 candidates spent another $34 million. Political Committee Other lobbyists to influence state legis- TRACKING THE MONEY Puget Sound Energy Inc. Races for state Senate were the most $5,219,435 $2,162,446 lation and rule-making reported $598,977 expensive as seats in the 26th, 30th and Business Party spending $63 million on compensation, WA Health Care Assn. $542,752 42nd districts became battlegrounds for $13,797,062 $906,668 political contributions and other expenses West. States Petroleum Assn. $506,511 Individual Union determining the size of the Democratic in FY 2018. Employers who spent the most WA State Assn. for Justice $457,776 $1,879,675 $537,193 majority. Individuals were the largest on lobbying included unions, prominent Vulcan Inc. $434,150 Note: Totals Caucus Self-financing rounded to source of contributions for campaigns Note: Totals rounded to nearest dollar Washington state businesses and a trade Public School Employees of WA $419,955 nearest dollar for state and local office, followed by association that opposed carbon tax pro- businesses and political committees. posals in the Legislature and on the ballot. 02020000000000 400000 400000 600000 600000 800000 800000 1000000 1000000 PAGE 4 | PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process | PAGE 5 Washington State Public Rates of electronic filing by calendar year Amounts shown in percentage Disclosure 100 2016 2017 2018 (through Nov.) Commission’s 100100 % 94 90 93 2018 Annual 87 89 OUTREACH 81 84 Report 80 79 80 80 74 74

62 64 PDC staff participated in 60 6060 30 training and outreach events in FY 2018. Two dozen were 4040 ANTICIPATING FILER NEEDS in-person training 40 events. Attendees who were later surveyed 2020 Building a culture gave the trainings a 90 20 percent rating for of continuous usefulness. The agency 0 made progress on its 0 Candidates Political Lobbyists Financial long-term goal to 0 committees disclosure filers improvement expand the training resources available re- motely and on-demand. Customer service help desk Campaign finance regulation is This year, it added FILER ASSISTANCE By the numbers AVERAGE ever evolving, and identifying and webinar classes as well FIRST as training videos, both TYPE OF NUMBER OF RESPONSE TRENDS responding to emerging trends is REQUEST REQUESTS TIME professionally produced key to the PDC’s ability to stay ahead and staff-generated. T he Public Disclosure Commission Simple 3,402 3 hours and of potential compliance issues. The Videos of the agency’s is committed to furthering the requests 30 minutes most popular trainings public’s right to know by helping PDC, recognizing the need both to respond quickly attracted 2,800 views. campaigns, elected officials and lobbyists Complex 6 hours and and deliberately and to anticipate emerging trends, The PDC also made requests 3,689 36 minutes report completely and correctly. The PDC established filer assistance-compliance forums that strides in building dedicates more than one-third of its staff improved stakeholder resources to filer assistance and TOTAL 7,091 allow staffers to develop consensus on updates communication and outreach. Since Fiscal Year 2016, the to filer guidance. These forums institutionalize outreach. It fully mi- agency has answered thousands developing knowledge and ensure that it is both grated its filer outreach of questions and requests through a to a third-party email helpdesk system that tracks response properly vetted across staff functions and widely delivery platform that timeliness and customer feedback. distributed throughout the agency. Topics of provides streamlined distribution and perfor- PDC assistance to campaigns falls discussion and analysis in 2018 included online EXPERT-LEVEL EXPERT-LEVEL GUIDANCE mance monitoring. The into two main categories: explaining 2,800 political advertising and cryptocurrency. new approach provides the law and reporting requirements, VIEWS better management of and providing support to help filers use The PDC’s professionally filer communication, electronic filing applications. The latter is produced videos of its most popular allows messages to be partly responsible for the growing rates trainings have attracted thousands of tailored to meet filer of electronic filing, which reduces errors viewings since their launch in 2017. needs and gives filers and makes more data available to the more control over which public faster. messages they receive. PAGE 6 | PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process | PAGE 7 Washington State Public IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION Disclosure Commission’s 2018 Annual I n October 2017, the PDC launched Together, they represented the biggest the final piece in its new suite of improvement to the agency’s data access Report tools for exploring and analyzing systems since 2008. data on money in state and local politics, BETTER DATA MANAGEMENT just in time for general-election voting. Following the completion of that year- THROUGH AUTOMATION The final piece — a replacement for the long project, the Information Technology Search the Database and View Reports team tackled targeted temporary fixes features — dovetailed with the Campaign of two key filing systems that are due for Building a culture Explorer accordion-style menu of races complete replacements in the coming and the Campaigns in Your Voting District years: the personal financial affairs of continuous filter that allows users to call up just disclosure (F-1) application and the those races appearing on their ballots. public agency lobbying reporting (L-5) NEW SYSTEMS All three were part of the agency’s Next system. The team improved the user improvement Generation Data Access Project, which hit experience and stability of the F-1 appli- its first milestone in FY 2017 when the cation and eased reporting requirements T he close of PDC made more than 5 million records for large agencies by introducing data One of the PDC’s goals is to achieve the fiscal year available on a new Open Data catalog import capability to the L-5 system. better and more efficient data brought DATA management through automation. work on two projects ! mandated by ESHB In FY 2018, the agency surveyed 2938: A filing system eteran staff members to v outage alert and determine what data quality checks they were notification system, JANE SMITH, 2017 performing manually and then programmed those and an online JANE SMITH, 2017 mechanism for queries to run daily. It also retooled two of its major committees to begin annual processes: the creation of the annual officials the newly created process of dissolution. list that drives personal financial affairs reporting Both projects were (F-1) outreach and enforcement, and the incorpora- done on a limited tion of candidate declarations. Using data from the scope, in part to meet the deadlines imposed Secretary of State’s office, the agency eliminated by the new law and many manual steps and large amounts of data also to preserve state resources until the entry. The result was a less painful process for the BETTER WASHINGTON PAC agency can gauge CITIZENS FOR GOOD 1,000 jurisdictions that contribute to the annual demand for the officials list each year, and more timely reminders to services. EMPOWERING THE PUBLIC candidates about their reporting requirements. +5 MILLION ! Number of records available in the PDC’s Open Data catalog

PAGE 8 | PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process | PAGE 9 COMMISSION HEARINGS: PART I Washington Enforcement cases State Public How the 324 cases CASELOAD CONTINUES TO GROW were resolved PDC Case 9059 Disclosure For FY 2018 Spokane for Honest Government

Commission’s Complaint-generated 51 OF NOTE 2018 Annual T he PDC’s enforcement workload is largely case trends Court action driven by complaints filed by campaigns and Spokane for Honest Government is a Report By fiscal year commenced continuing political committee that made other members of the public. In recent years, the 51before the complaint political advertising expenditures in the 2015 agency has experienced dramatic growth in complaint Complaints received 51 was resolved Spokane City Council elections. It stipulated to volume and caseloads, limiting the agency’s ability to Cases opened respond to complaints quickly and remedy filing mistakes failing to report independent expenditures in a timely manner and Cases closed early. Complaints continued their upward climb in FY failing to adequately describe expenditures for a large media buy 2018, posting a 55 percent increase over FY 2017, which 168 in a monthly report of PAC expenditures. The Commission assessed itself saw 132 percent growth in complaints. Case closed a $10,000 penalty with $3,000 suspended provided there are no with no PDCfurther Case violations 9208 for four years. evidence of In 2018, the Legislature made significant changes to the violations House Republican Organizational Committee provisions governing enforcement of campaign finance, financial disclosure and lobbying laws. Among those changes was a reform of what was known as 45-day The House Republican Organizational Committee made Citizen Action notices, which previously had permitted $85,000 in contributions to seven 2016 candidates for state complainants to file large numbers of identical com- representative and one bona-fide political party organization that were not timely disclosed. The Commission assessed a stipulated plaints simultaneously with the PDC and the Attorney 169 General’s Office in the hopes of prompting legal action. 169 PDCpenalty Case of 7561 $10,000. Shift Washington The legislation gives the PDC primary jurisdiction over alleged violations of RCW 42.17A. The agency continues to work to clear Shift Washington stipulated to failing to timely report independent old cases while also meeting new expenditures in opposition to Initiative 732, a 2016 statewide 90-day timelines the legislation ballot proposition concerning a carbon tax, and to failing to include established for triaging incom- 1 complete sponsor identification on Facebook political advertising. ing cases. The new law provides Case dismissed The Commission assessed a penalty of $2,500, with $1,250 sus- additional alternative resolutions by commission PDCpended Case provided 6954 there are no further violations for four years. that could assist the agency in Go Big Tri-Cities closing cases, and the PDC plans to work with state lawmakers in 65 the 2019 session to ensure those Go Big Tri-Cities spent money in support of a 2016 local ballot tools can be used as expansively Case closed 65 65with reminder measure to secure funding for the Kennewick Public Facilities as they were intended. District. The organization accepted a stipulation that it failed to 25 timely register as a political committee, failed to timely deposit contributions, failed to file timely and complete contribution and Case closed with written expenditure reports, failed to include sponsor identification on warning all political advertising, and failed to file all reports using the ENSURING COMPLIANCE 3 Commission’s electronic filing alternative. The Commission 25 Continuedassessed a penaltyon page of13 $1,000. 25Resolved through Statement of 3 Understanding FY FY FY 3 2016 2017 2018 11 1111 179 136121 11096 415 417 316345166 198 648 591584 324 179 136 110 417 345 198 648 584 324 Commission 121 96 415 316 166 591 121 96 415 316 166 591 found violation PAGE 10 | PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process and imposed fine PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process | PAGE 11 100 COMMISSION HEARINGS: PART II 80 Washington *Two employees were added in the final weeks of 2018 bringing the total to 21 Enforcement cases FY 2018 19* 648 State Public 60 Disclosure FY 2017 20 415 PDC Case 24298 John and Laurie Knutsen Commission’s FY 402016 19 179 19 109 2018 Annual FY 2015 Comparison of complaints received How the 297 OF NOTE FY 202014 19 123 by PDC and full-time employees staff-generated John and Laurie Knutsen sponsored an Report Year over year cases were resolved anonymous mailer that opposed a Puyallup FY 2013 19 135 For FY 2018 FTEs Complaints City council candidate in the 2017 election. FY 20120 19 36 The Commission found that they failed to FY 2011 20 35 139 timely report the independent expenditures and to include their Case resolved names and address as sponsors on an electioneering communica- FY 2010 20 25 before hearing tion. The Commission assessed a penalty of $1,500 with $1,000 1,100% notice issued FY 2009 23 54 Increase in complaints received from FY09-18 PDCsuspended Case 7946 provided there are no further violations for four years. Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson was a 2016 candidate for Pacific County PUD STREAMLINING ENFORCEMENT commissioner who filed under the “mini” reporting option avail- 139 able for campaigns that raise and spend no more than $5,000. Mr. Anderson stipulated that he exceeded the mini reporting 139 limits and failed to file the required campaign finance reports

T he PDC does annual audits of candidate regis- as a candidate under the full reporting option. The Commission tration and personal financial affairs disclosure assessed a penalty of $1,500 with $500 suspended provided there PDCare no Case further 8116 violations for four years. records to check for missing reports. The process 139 for taking noncompliant filers to hearing, called group 1 Patrick Myers enforcement, has been lengthy and labor intensive. The Dismissed by Group enforcement 1Commission compliance• team: By fiscal year 1 Patrick Myers, publisher of the Willapa Harbor Herald and 52 Examined the process to identify potential bottle- Cases opened 52 1 treasurer for the Richard Anderson campaign for Pacific County necks and inefficiencies, 52 Resolved PUD commissioner, filed campaign finance reports disclosing • Cases closed 139 52 through newspaper advertisements supporting Mr. Anderson as Statement of Introduced automation into the collection of data as Understanding independent expenditures. Myers stipulated that the advertising well as the production of outreach and enforcement was an in-kind contribution to the candidate’s campaign. The Commission assessed a penalty of $1,500 with $500 suspended •communications, PDCprovided Case 9343there are no further violations for four years. Experimented with messaging on email alerts to 104 The Reagan Fund gauge different approaches’ effect on open rates, and • Violation found 104 by1 Commission Sent enforcement notices by email and U.S. mail for The Reagan Fund failed to timely disclose $84,640 in expendi- the first time to achieve 100 percent service rate. 104 tures for contributions to political party organizations and 104 52 political committees, as well as expenditures for political adver-

ENSURING COMPLIANCE The result of this work in FY18 was that tising, surveys and research, and get-out-the- vote telephone

the group enforcement process was 1 calls in 2016. The committees stipulated to violations, and the trimmed from 244 days to 127 days Commission assessed a penalty of $4,000 with $2,000 suspended resolving cases of noncompliance more provided there are no further violations for four years. quickly and conserving staff resources for other enforcement matters. FY FY FY 2016 2017 2018 14 13 96 58 258 297 1 11 Case closed with PAGE 12 | PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process written warning PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process | PAGE 13 104

1 Washington Agency leadership State Public STRATEGIC PLAN: 2017-2020 CONTINUOUS The Public Disclosure Commission Disclosure Promote confidence MISSION PROGRESS: is governed by a five-member Commission’s in the political process CROSS- TRAINING LEADERS Commission appointed by the 2018 Annual Empower Help regulated Continue to build Attract and the public to community achieve a better, more agile, retain a talented Governor, with no more than Report “follow the money” and maintain and more responsive and dedicated three Commissioners from the in politics: compliance: organization: workforce: B usy filing same party. The Commission hires the Executive • Provide real-time • Provide expert • Exercise flexible • Sustain culture periods and access to meaningful guidance and nimble resource of clean and major report- Director and provides budget and data allocation open government, • Facilitate e-filing ing deadlines often policy guidance for the agency. as embodied in • Ensure compliance for all disclosures • Seek enhanced agency’s grassroots caused bottlenecks in with campaign- with accessible, funding/staffing For enforcement matters, heritage the Public Disclosure finance laws and technologically • Identify and respond regulations up-to-date options • Provide and Commission’s customer Commissioners act in a quasi- to emerging trends encourage • Pursue proactive • Understand and and issues service delivery. Many judicial capacity, presiding over opportunities and equitable anticipate filer needs requests require the • Implement timely for growth enforcement hearings, determining whether • Provide additional process improvements specialized attention of • Accommodate Anne Levinson • Enhance outreach training opportunities the two-member filer violations have occurred and, if so, • Plan for succession work/life integration and methods assistance team, which COMMISSION needs ! setting the appropriate penalty. CHAIR had not expanded since VISION: The PDC will lead the nation in fostering full disclosure of money in politics 2006. Recognizing the need for more nimble staff resources and the opportunity for profes- Expenditures $423,822 sional development, the AGO costs For FY 2018 FISCAL STEWARDSHIP $74,792 agency in 2018 offered AGO costs three-month develop- mental assignments to David Ammons Bill Downing Jack Johnson data entry staff. T he majority of the PDC’s TOTAL COMMISSION COMMISSION COMMISSION $2.9 million in FY18 During those VICE CHAIR MEMBER (Joined MEMBER (Served $2.96M in Jan. 2018) through Sept. 2018) expenditures went to legal fees assignments, the staff and compensation for 19 full-time $1,124,678 $862,379 members spent at Access Operations equivalent employees. (The agency least 15 hours a week added an additional 2 full-time $718,618 $255,705 learning how to answer Enforcement Policy equivalent employees days before the more complex ques- Note: Totals rounded to nearest dollar end of the fiscal year with additional tions about reporting funding provided by the Legislature in requirements and the the 2018 session.) PDC filing applications. ment areas included reimbursements for The training allowed Katrina Asay John Bridges Peter Lavallee Those costs, as well as other agency Attorney General’s Office (AGO) costs. the PDC to shift cus- COMMISSION COMMISSION EXECUTIVE

BUILDING OUR ORGANIZATION expenses, were distributed among four AGO billings totaled $782,515 in FY18, tomer service resources MEMBER (Served MEMBER (Served DIRECTOR core service areas: Access, Enforcement, more than the agency’s allocation for the to meet immediate through Dec. 2017) through Dec. 2017) Policy and Operations. Access for the entire biennium. The biggest driver was demands and provided public and regulated community was the litigation by the AGO’s Campaign Finance staff an opportunity to focus that drew the largest share of the Unit, including cases that originated at the gain valuable skills that PDC’s expenses and staff resources, with PDC. The agency was able to use savings led to promotions as 60 percent dedicated to that effort. in other areas to cover some of the over- more filer assistance age, but even so, some AGO payments had specialist positions Expenditures in the policy and enforce- to be postponed until the next fiscal year. became available. PAGE 14 | PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process PDC Mission: Promote Confidence in the Political Process | PAGE 15 CONTACT US Public Disclosure Commission 711 Capitol Way Suite 206 Olympia, WA 98504

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