Washington State Archives provides guidance and support to state and local government agencies in public records management by offering education and training opportunities. Both live in-person sessions and webinars are available, as well as a number of online options. We encourage you to frequently check for updates as we continuously add sessions.


We also offer many of the live webinar sessions as pre-recorded videos for online training:

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Please visit the Attorney General's Open Government Training page for trainings on Open Public Meetings (RCW 42.30 and RCW 42.43) and the Public Records Act for disclosure (RCW 42.56).

Agency Trainings

DateTraining NameTimeLocation 
October 10Electronic Records Day: Organizing Your Electronic Records10:00 AM to 10:45 AMWebinar Register
October 11Organizing the File Room Workshop_In-Person @ Marysville, WA09:00 AM to 12:00 PMMarysville Register
October 11Basics of Managing Records10:00 AM to 10:45 AMWebinar Register
October 18Basics of Managing Personnel Records10:00 AM to 11:00 AMWebinar Register
October 19Updating State Agency Schedules Workshop09:00 AM to 12:00 PMWebinar Register
October 19Improving Your Agency’s Records Management Program Workshop_In-Person @ Kelso, WA09:00 AM to 12:00 PMKelso Register
October 25Basics of Managing Port Records10:00 AM to 11:00 AMWebinar Register
November 8Basics of Managing Records10:00 AM to 10:45 AMWebinar Register
November 15Basics of Managing Law Enforcement Records10:00 AM to 11:00 AMWebinar Register
November 22Basics of Managing Public Hospital Records10:00 AM to 11:00 AMWebinar Register
November 29Electronic Records Management from Creation to Disposition10:00 AM to 11:00 AMWebinar Register
December 13Basics of Managing Records10:00 AM to 10:45 AMWebinar Register
December 20Basics of Managing School Personnel Records10:00 AM to 11:00 AMWebinar Register
December 21Updating State Agency Schedules Workshop09:00 AM to 12:00 PMWebinar Register
December 27Basics of Managing Fire and EMS Records10:00 AM to 11:00 AMWebinar Register

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