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Seattle, WA: (Nov-01-07) Doug Moore, a state employee, brought charges against the Washington State Department of Corrections, alleging that corrections officials illegally rejected his attorney's request for electronic public records. The suit claimed that officials harassed him, insisting that they would only supply expensive hard copies. Moore was seeking records detailing how many hours part-time corrections workers had to log before they qualified for health insurance. The request was related to a separate lawsuit against state agencies that do not give seasonal employees health benefits during downtime.
Reports show that corrections officials offered to provide 38,000 pages of records, which would have cost about $5,700 in fees. As part of a settlement reached, for the second time this year, the agency agreed to pay $65,000 to state employee Doug Moore, resolving litigation. Moore's legal counsel stated that the DOC could have easily avoided this $65,000 payment by copying the records onto a CD for a few dollars when the request was made. [SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER: PUBLIC RECORDS]
Published on Nov-4-07
Reports show that corrections officials offered to provide 38,000 pages of records, which would have cost about $5,700 in fees. As part of a settlement reached, for the second time this year, the agency agreed to pay $65,000 to state employee Doug Moore, resolving litigation. Moore's legal counsel stated that the DOC could have easily avoided this $65,000 payment by copying the records onto a CD for a few dollars when the request was made. [
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