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Posts for September 2016

PRA Performance Audit: The Costs of Fulfilling PRA Requests

September 14, 2016  by  Flannary Collins
Category:  Public Records Act

This blog post is the first in a series analyzing the State Auditor’s Office’s (SAO’s) PRA performance audit: The Effect of Public Records Requests on State and Local Governments, and will provide a general overview of the audit with a particular focus on the SAO’s findings related to the costs incurred by public agencies, with future blog posts focusing on other aspects of the audit.

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Spokane County Uses Lean to Improve Its Job Application Process

September 13, 2016  by  John Dickson
Category:  Guest Author ,  Leadership and Management

Spokane County COO John Dickson shares another story about how the county is using lean principles to improve its services - this time, an account from Linda McGlocklin about how the HR department switched to NEOGOV software for its job application process.

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Regulating Uber, Lyft, and Other Transportation Network Companies

September 7, 2016  by  Byron Katsuyama
Category:  Transportation Planning ,  Business Licenses and Taxes

Cities and counties in Washington have begun to regulate "transportation network companies" such as Uber and Lyft, and some jurisdictions have taken a more regional approach.

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