Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is creating a new Public Records and Open Government Unit to strengthen transparency and improve access to state records.

The new unit will bring together more than ten current employees who already handle public records and constituent services, led by the office’s first-ever Chief Transparency Counsel. The position will oversee modernization of records management, staff training, and strategies to make government more open to the public.

Brown says transparency is essential to maintaining trust, especially at a time when public confidence in government is low.

Public records requests to the Attorney General’s Office have doubled over the past decade, from just over 500 in 2014 to more than 1,000 in 2024. The new unit will look for ways to respond

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