WashCOG commends AG Brown’s transparency move

AG Nick Brown, speaking at WashCOG’s 2025 Sunshine Breakfast. — Photo by Desiree Erdmann

November 4, 2025 — The Washington Coalition for Open Government applauds the decision announced today by the Office of Attorney General Nick Brown to create a Public Records and Open Government Unit under its direction and hire a chief transparency counsel to lead it. 

“The promise of modernizing public record and retention processes and enhancing staff training are welcomed, and we look forward to working with this new unit to ensure that the public’s right to know what government is doing is not only protected but advanced,” said Mike Fancher, president of the Washington Coalition for Open Government.