The Public Disclosure Commission is soliciting comment on proposed rules that would update F-1 filing requirements and clarify the process for reportin

The Public Disclosure Commission will close its Olympia office at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, for an annual all-staff meeting.

The office will reopen at 8 a.m. Aug. 10.

Filers and members of the public are encouraged to email requests for assistance to pdc@pdc.wa.gov. Staff members will respond as quickly as possible following their return.

The Public Disclosure Commission welcomes today's news that Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon rejected a motion to dismiss two defendants from Washington state's lawsuit alleging multiple campaign-finance violations against Tim Eyman and associates.

The Public Disclosure Commission announced today the appointment of Peter Lavallee as the PDC's new executive director.

Lavallee, an attorney, currently is the communications director at the Washington State Attorney General's Office where he works extensively on campaign finance matters. He brings to the PDC broad experience in law, public policy, finance and administration, in both the public and private sectors.

Lavallee will assume his new role in June.

The Public Disclosure Commission has appointed Barbara "BG" Sandahl its acting executive director while it searches for a permanent leader to replace Evelyn Fielding Lopez, who announced in March she was leaving the agency. Fielding Lopez's last day was April 28.