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On the road again

On the road again

Over the past few months, Secretary Wyman has been traveling around Washington on a number of multi-purpose trips. As she is the Secretary OF State, we’ve been calling these community visits her Secretary IN State tour. Since August, she’s visited Kelso and Longview in Cowlitz County; Vancouver and Camas in Clark County; Aberdeen in Grays Harbor County; Pasco, Richland and Kennewick in Benton and Franklin Counties; Walla Walla in Walla Walla County; Bellingham and Fairview in Whatcom County, Mount Vernon…

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WSL Updates for July 20, 2017

WSL Updates for July 20, 2017

Volume 13, July 20, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) IMLS BUDGET VICTORY 2) TWO NEW RURAL HERITAGE COLLECTIONS 3) CENTER FOR THE BOOK 4) MEASURES THAT MATTER PART 3 5) GRANTS – RECORDINGS AT RISK 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

We have a budget! 2015-2017

We have a budget! 2015-2017

From the desk of Rand Simmons, Washington State Librarian. Monday, June 29 the Legislature approved a compromise 2015-2017 Operating Budget.  Governor Inslee signed it Tuesday, June 30, the final day of the fiscal year.  This action avoided a government shutdown on Wednesday, July 1. Secretary of State Kim Wyman wrote, “This means no shutdown, no unpaid furloughs and no service interruptions.  I’m happy for the citizens of Washington and for all of our amazing OSOS staff!” The budget news for…

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WLA Library Legislative Day -January 30, 2015

WLA Library Legislative Day -January 30, 2015

Library staff, trustee and friends from all points in Washington State gathered in Olympia for the Washington Library Association’s Library Legislative Day.  Following a morning briefing these library advocates swarmed the Capitol campus to make their legislators aware of issues that affect Washington libraries. Among the issues discussed was the Washington State Library’s budget crisis. Many legislators are probably unaware that the State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State is in crisis. State Librarian Rand…

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Washington State Library Reduces Service Hours

Washington State Library Reduces Service Hours

From the desk of Rand Simmons Washington State Librarian Based on an OSOS Press Release, 6/9/2014. In-person service hours at the main Washington State Library in Tumwater will be reduced by four hours a day, effective June 16, as the service-and-research institution grapples with continuing significant budget challenges. The Library at 6880 Capitol Blvd. in Tumwater traditionally has been open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.  But like other states facing budget difficulties, the State…

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Legacy Project’s latest: profile on 7-term Auditor Bob Graham

Legacy Project’s latest: profile on 7-term Auditor Bob Graham

Bob Graham and his wife, Lloydine, hold up their wedding photo at their home earlier this spring. (Photo courtesy of Laura Mott)  The Legacy Project’s latest offering, a profile and oral history on former seven-term State Auditor Bob Graham, is now available on its web site. Graham died on April 16 at his Olympia home, four days after his 93rd birthday and just two weeks after his last interview with John C. Hughes, chief historian for The Legacy Project. During…

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Reminder: Many domestic partnerships converting to marriage

Reminder: Many domestic partnerships converting to marriage

Secretary of State Kim Wyman and her Corporations and Charities Division are reminding state-registered domestic partners that on June 30, the new same-sex marriage law will automatically convert roughly 6,500 state-registered domestic partnerships into marriage. The division is sending a letter this week to nearly 7,500 active domestic partnership couples, including a copy and summary of the Marriage Equality Act of 2012, a letter from the Department of Health, a request for information with return envelope, and a sample of…

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SecState Wyman receives leadership award

SecState Wyman receives leadership award

Flanked by Senate Republican Caucus Whip Ann Rivers (left) and Senate Republican Caucus Chair Linda Evans Parlette, Secretary of State Kim Wyman thanks the Senate Republican Caucus for giving her the Women in Leadership Award. (Photos courtesy of Legislative Support Services Photography Department) Secretary of State Kim Wyman has received a new award from legislators for her work in helping make an information technology training program available, for free, to people throughout Washington. Wyman is the first recipient of the…

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Wyman urges more time for online registration

Wyman urges more time for online registration

Secretary Wyman listens as Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon testifies before the Senate  Government Operations Committee on HB 1267, the voter registration deadline bill that he has prime-sponsored. (Photo courtesy of Gracelin Moore) A bill seeking to change voter registrations deadlines before a Primary or General Election has drawn the support of Secretary of State Wyman, the state’s chief elections official. House Bill 1267 would extend the online registration deadline to 11 days before the election, rather than the current 29 days….

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