(Last updated 1/29/14). Our federal 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit public charity Public Eye Northwest features a news knowledge base and government transparency project called Public Data Ferret which in originally reported articles we write, “daylights” underexposed information from local, regional, county, state and federal governments. Everything is archived by jurisdiction and topic at our searchable Ferret hub. Through Public Eye Northwest we use Ferret as a tool for teaching digital civic literacy, accenting best practices in voluntary government transparency, and building community capacity for gathering and sharing information on the work of government. At this page, we provide a reverse-date compendium of links to:
Our stories and articles, published or covered, in other venues
Our articles which got front page links at Seattletimes.com
OUR STORIES AND ARTICLES IN OTHER VENUES
State Identifies More Quality Care Problems At Cannon House in Central District, Central District News, October 22, 2013
“Sound Transit Rejects Some Recommendations From Last Year’s Audit,” Seattle Transit Blog, July 4, 2013
“South Sounder Rail Car Costs Coming In a Little High,” Seattle Transit Blog, June 20, 2013
Tuesday Open Thread, Seattle Schools Community Forum, March 12, 2013
“Documents: King County Spent Millions To Settle Lawsuits,” KOMO 4 TV News at 11, February 7, 2013
“Washington State Leads The Way With Online Bill Commenting System,” Congressional Quarterly/Roll Call’s Advocacy+Engagement blog, February 6, 2013
“Who’s Most Likely To Catch The Flu In Washington?,” MyNorthwest.com, November 20, 2012
Tuesday Memo: Who Gets The Flu?, Today File, November 20, 2012
Oversight Panel Says Sounder Trains Don’t Justify Their Existence, My Everett News, October 4, 2012
“Most Would-be Cab Drivers Failed The Test,” Today File, July 10, 2012
“Does Crime Pay? Most Car Thieves, Burglars, Get Away In Wash.,” KPLU-FM, Seattle, April 18, 2012
“Former Bellevue Middle School Teacher Loses License For Sex Crimes, Bellevue Patch, March 26, 2012
“Amplify Accountability, Technology To Boost Open Government,” blog of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, March 12, 2012
“Washington’s Gift To Taxpayers? $29.3 Billion,” Crosscut, February 7, 2012
“Voter Participation In Washington Nears The Top, Nationally,” Crosscut, January 20, 2012
“A Salmon Story: Public Data Ferret On KUOW-FM, Seattle Public Radio,” December 30, 2011
“Global Open Gov: What’s The Secret Sauce?” Sunlight Foundation blog, December 6 – 8, 2011; Part I, Part II, Part III.
“King County To Resuscitate Pay-As-You-Go Insurance Model,” Crosscut, November 3, 2011
“Making The Open Government Partnership Work,” blog of Open Knowledge Foundation, Cambridge, UK, October 31, 2011
“UW Graduation Rates Are Right In The Middle Of Peers, Crosscut, October 27, 2011
“Better Health For All Gets A Digital Assist,” Crosscut, October 24, 2011
Orchid Project’s Round-up: Web Articles On Female Genital Cutting, October 17, 2011
“Council Considers California-Style ‘Social Host’ Underage Drinking Fines Tonight,” Mercer Island Patch, September 19, 2011
“State Worker Charged With Sexually Abusing Vulnerable Patient,” Shoreline Area News, September 18, 2011
“Everett-based Counselor Loses License For Sex With Patient – Public Data Ferret,” MyEverettNews.com, August 9, 2011
“Public Eye Northwest’s Guide To Open Access Journals,” Information Wants To Be Free, July 30, 2011
“Puyallup Company Wins $35 Million Defense Contract,” KOMONews.com, July 25, 2011
“Shoreline Awards Neighborhood Matching Grant For Old Sunset Elementary Site,” Shoreline (Wash.) Patch, July 5, 2011
“Culver City Firm and Feds Recall Flammable Dresses,” Culver City (Calif.) Patch, July 2, 2011
“Eagan Company Wins $758 Million Government Contract,” Eagan (Minn.) Patch, June 24, 2011
“Boeing Subsidiary Insitu Wins $83.7 Million Navy Contract To Supply Drones,” The Oregonian, May 27, 2011
“Port of Seattle Buying Excess Seattle Light Property Near Lora Lakes Area,” B-Town Blog (Burien, Wash.), May 18, 2011
“State Issues Online Guide To Appealing Health Claim Denials,” Edmonds (Wash.) Patch, May 4, 2011
“Mercer Island Urged To Re-name Community Center,” Mercer Island (Wash.) Patch, April 25, 2011
“City Council Expected To Approve Nearly $50,000 In Neighborhood Grants,” Renton (Wash.) Patch, April 21, 2011
“Lakewood Merchant Admits To Cheating $92K In Sales Tax,” Lakewood (Wash.) Patch, April 21, 2011
“Transparency Is A Two-Way Street,” Sunlight Foundation blog, April 20, 2011
“Voluntary Transparency And Digital Civic Literacy Help Build Strong Communities,” Open Knowledge Foundation Blog (U.K.), April 11, 2011
“Public Data Ferret Reviews The City’s Options For The Old Woodinville Schoolhouse,” Woodinville (Wash.) Patch, April 8, 2011
“Washington, Home Of Software Leaders, Gets A Bad Rap For Online Transparency. What Gives?,” Crosscut, April 1, 2011
“Local Government Online Transparency: A Work In Progress,” Investigate West, March 29, 2011
“Digging Deep For Nuggets Of Gold In The Quest For Open Government,” Crosscut, March 15, 2011
“Edmonds Homeless Encampment,” This Way Up, November 28, 2010
“Meet The Public Data Ferret: He Digs So You Don’t Have To,” Investigate West, September 27, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Monitoring Campaign Contributions In Local Elections,” September 16, 2010
“Darkness Can Be A Costly Proposition,” Intersect, September 10, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Washington State Database On Insurance Providers,”September 8, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: The High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Challenge,” September 1, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Rising U.S. Debt Dicey,” August 25, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Indoor Smoking Ban’s Effect On Retail Sales In Bars And Taverns, August 18, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: U.S. Senate Testimony On Fraud At For-Profit Colleges,” August 11, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: King County, Customer Service, and Public Trust,” August 4, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Oversight Of Federal Resource Lands Lax, Watchdog Agency Says, July 28, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Seattle City Employees Retirement Plan $1 Billion In The Hole,” July 21, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Regulating The Display Of Human Remains In Seattle,” July 14, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Global Energy Use And Carbon Dioxide Emissions – 2005-2035,” July 7, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Beach Water Quality,” June 30, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Washington Hospital Infection Rates,” June 23, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Real-Time Crime Data, & Human Trafficking,” June 16, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: State Disciplinary Actions Against Professionals,” June 9, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Washington State Race Horse Fatalities,” June 2, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Of Cockatiels And Collaboration,” May 26, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Police Misconduct In Seattle,” May 19, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: ‘Transportation 2040,’” May 12, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Consumer Product Recall Database,” May 6, 2010
“Technology And Civic Engagement” “Weekday,”KUOW-FM Seattle, April 30, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Smuggling Weapons & Explosives Into Federal Buildings,” April 28, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000″ Seattle Database For Tracking Building & Land-Use Permitting,” April 21, 2010
“Public Data Ferret On KOMO 1000: Restaurant Inspections Database,” April 14, 2010
“Openness Can Make Citizens Collaborators With Officials,” Crosscut, March 14, 2010
Public Health Seattle-King County Partners With Local Non-profits to Advance Open Data, National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, August 23, 2013
Social and Health Indicators Across King County, CommunitiesCount.org, Summer 2013
“Seattle News Partner Network: Growing In a Competitive Ecosystem,” J-Lab Network, American University School of Communication, Summer, 2012
“Citizen Journalism to Transform ‘Information Ghetto’ Needed,” Liquid News Room, July 7, 2012
“Proposed: Citizens Should Fill Gaps In Information Ghettos,” Poynter.org, July 2, 2012
“Access, Digital Citizenship and the Obligations of the Washington State Information Sector,” Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University, June 15, 2012
“Scooped By A Ferret,” AngelaDice.com, June 8, 2012
Murrow Hosts Forum: Experts, Citizens Debate Challenges Of Rural Communication,” WSU News, April 6, 2012
Sunshine Week conference video, Seattle, “Open Government Future: Technology, Innovation, Community,” TVW (WA’s non-profit public affairs channel); also on Seattle Channel; March 10, 2012
“Reporting Beyond Google: Dig Up Data In Rich New Places,” blog of Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter, February 8, 2012
Freedominfo.org on our analysis “Making The Open Government Partnership Work,” November 11, 2011
Becky Hogge (Barefoot Technologist) on our analysis “Making The Open Government Partnership Work,” November 4, 2011
University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy News Update on our analysis “Making The Open Government Partnership Work,” November 3, 2011
Alex Howard, O’Reilly Media, on our analysis “Making The Open Government Partnership Work,” November 1, 2011
National Freedom Of Information Act Coalition on our analysis, “Making The Open Government Partnership Work,” October 31, 2011
“Mapping Our Voices for Equality,” Mike Fancher/Seattle Journalism Commons, October 24, 2011
“How Lawrence Governments, Agencies Fared Providing Open Records,” Lawrence, Kansas Journal-World, October 20, 2011
“In Seattle’s News Partner Network, A Lesson In Collaboration,” Patterson Foundation Blog, August 15, 2011
“New Local Partners For Seattle Times,” Seattle Journalism Commons, July 15, 2011
“New Media Landscape: Matt Rosenberg’s Take On Building Credibility,” Journalism Accelerator (Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri), March 20, 2011
“Open Government Key For Us All, Speakers Say,” Seattle Times, March 15, 2011
“Seattle: A New Media Case Study,” in “The State Of The News Media 2011,” Pew Project For Excellence In Journalism, March, 2011
“The Seattle Times Takes On More Hyperlocal News Partners – Is This A Trend To Follow?,” editorsweblog.org, World Editors Forum, February 24, 2011
“Seattle Times Announces More Local News Partners,” Seattle Times, February 22, 2011
“Networked Journalism: Seattle,” J-Lab Blog (American University School of Communication), February, 2011
The Starting Place: Washington State Law Library Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2011
“Why Mobile Location Is Good For Your Health,” Paul Brannan, Intersect.com, December 10, 2010
“New Journalism Ventures In The Works,”Washington News Council blog, August 10, 2010
“King County Ready For Government 2.0,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 18, 2010
“From Scranton To Seattle: A Contrast In Modern News Media Environments,” Sustaining Democracy In A Digital Age blog, New America Media Foundation, May 18, 2010
Transportation System Will Be $64 Billion Short By 2040,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 11, 2010
FRONT PAGE LINKS AT SEATTLETIMES.COM
The Seattle Times’ News Partners Network hub features latest headlines from all; and each day, selected partner headlines also get links on the paper’s front page. Following are Public Data Ferret stories which have received front-page links at The Times since we joined the paper’s network on February 22, 2011.
“State: Full-Day-K Packs No Sustained Punch, Academically”
“State Will Need To Find $2.4B To Ease Salmon Barriers”
“Ex-WSP Trooper To Pay $60K For Alleged Pension Scam”
“State Parks Repair Backlog $463M, Current Funding SCant”
“WA Transit Agencies Lag on Fare Box Recovery Ratios”
“Ex-Highline College Cleaning Supe To Pay $8K Ethics Fine”
“State: UW Fire Techs Will Pay Thousands For Ethics Goofs”
“Prescription Pot Could Be a Real Bummer, UW Doc Argues”
“State Targets Quality Care Problems at Central District Facility”
“Study: Seattle Schools’ Family Support Program Needs Re-boot”
“Study: Pre-pregnancy Drinking Boosts Breast Cancer Risks”
“King County Jury Acquits Accused Hospital Rapist”
“WSDOT Seeks ‘Toll Educational’ Consultant For $2.3M”
“King County Garbage Plans Raising Stink; Meeting Tonight”
“South End ‘Lady Thug’ Gets Felony Pimping Charges”
“State Audit: Seattle Schools Facility Rentals Program in Disarray”
“Defense Work Worth up to $770M to Pac NW Firms in Q2”
“Sewer District Swindled; Suspect Ex-worker Had Prior Convictions”
“Cab Car Cost Bump To Grow Sound Transit’s Queasy Debt Load”
“Calories Drop Under King County Menu Labeling”
“Bias, Bother, Then Firing, Says King Enviro Worker In Suit”
“WA Auditor: New Finance IT System Could Cut Waste”
“Prosecutors: Online Sex Predator Victimized Girls in WA, PA”
“UW Teaching Associate Faces Felony Sex Charge In Recent Seattle Sting”
“Port of Seattle Temp’s Scam Try Brings Three Felony Charges”
“Port Driver Tried To Draw Cash At Casino On Work Card; Lied”
“Washington Tops U.S. in 12-Year Alzheimer’s Death Rates”
“Port of Seattle Porn Probe Prompts Painter’s Exit”
“Seattle Central’s Tougher ‘Occupy’ Code Advances”
“$16K Lifted From Seattle Central in Parking Garage Caper”
“Washington Combined Cancer Rates Tops In Western Counties”
“WA Achievement Test Pass Rates Mostly Stagnant Since 2006”
“Most Snohomish Districts Lag On State Reading Tests”
“Bellevue To Pay $750,000 To Woman Hit By City Vehicle”
“UW Scores DARPA Grant Add-on To Boost Soldier Health”
“Washington Near Top Again in Prescription Pain Pill Misuse”
“Washington State Near Top In 51 Year Rates Of Rape, Larceny”
“Key State Ferry Project At Mukilteo $38.7M Short”
“U.S. Report: More Guns, Less Murder; But Also Loopholes, Laissez-Faire”
Bellevue Officials: Toll I-5 Plus I-90 To Fund SR 520 Bridge
“WA Advisors Give Preliminary Green Light To Mileage Tax”
“Janitors, Secretaries Most Flu-prone Workers In Washington”
“South King County Votes To Decide On New Schools, More”
“Seattle Region Ranks 2nd of 33 In U.S. Suicide Attempts”
“Youth, Meth Play Big Role In Washington Substance Abuse”
“Washington Juvenile Arrest Rates Highest In Rural Counties”
“Washington Wants to Bury Native American School Mascots”
“Auditor Estimates $73 Millon in WA Childcare Overpayments”
“Washington State Companies Land More Military Contracts”
“Local Governments Fight New State Stormwater Permits”
“City of Seattle-funded 501c3 SEED Under The Microscope”
“Data Viz: King County Crime Rates 1985-2011”
“City To Expand U District Park, But Overpaying For Property?”
“84 Percent Of King County Animal Fines Uncollected”
“Pertussis in WA Hits Hispanics At Double The Rate Of Others”
“Airport Concessionaire Underpays Port of Seattle By $250,000”
“1,000 Items Including Laptops Vanish From Seattle Schools”
“Gas Works Park Environmental Clean-up Work Continues”
“Gas Station Pollution Fix-it Work From Seattle To Bellingham
“State Dept.: Russia Badly Mistreats LGBTs And The Disabled”
“What’s Next for Cash-Strapped Washington State Parks?”
“State To Contract For Feasibility Report On Vehicle Mileage Tax”
“State: $12 Million In Yearly Lottery Ads Not Boosting Ticket Sales”
“Chicken Liberation Hearing Thurs. Night In Lake Forest Park”
“UW Plans Mobile App for Gay Men At Risk Of HIV”
“Washington Ranks High In Mixed-Race Households”
“UW Report: King County A National Leader In Life Expectancy”
“New State Report: 2011 Assisted Suicides Reach New High”
“Yet Another Sticky-fingered Caper Reported At UW-Seattle”
“Vashon Schools Eye Classroom Cuts To Close Budget Gap”
“Non-violent Crime In Washington State: The Data Say It Pays”
“U.S. Audit Accents Broad Problems At V.A.’s Puget Sound Hospitals”
“UW’s Curious Cold Case: Track Team Loses $12K Cash”
“Washington Ranks In The Middle Nationally On Executions”
“Woodinville To OK Local Wine, Beer Sales At City Park Concerts”
“UW: $100K-plus Harborview Supe Faked Hours For More Pay”
“Ex-Bellevue Teacher, SPU Innovator Jailed for Sex Crimes”
“King County Whistleblower Fired Day Of Complaint, But No Foul”
“Hidden Report: UW Sacked Burn Unit Aide For Diverting Funds”
“UW Axed Assistant Dean Who Faked Credits For 139 Students”
“Bothell Firm Wins Military Contract Extension Worth Up To $46 Million”
“UW Study: Low-dose CT Scans For Lung Cancer Too Costly?”
“New Report: WA Gives Taxpayers $29.3 Billion In Special Breaks”
“WA Transportation Funding Bills An Exercise In Caution”
“Shoreline Mulls Smoking Ban In City Parks”
“Auburn’s Red-light, Speeding Cameras Awash In More Red Ink”
“Anti-Jewish Hate Crime Probed At University of Washington”
“WA Had 2nd Highest Eligible-Voter Turnout In U.S. In 2010”
“Documenting Witness Intimidation By Phone – Legally”
“One In Five WA Bilingual Students Transitioned Out Last Year”
“Readiness Worries For State’s Public High School Grads”
“In Seattle, Six To Ten Out Of Ten Coho Salmon Die Before Spawning”
“Bald Eagle Viewing On Skagit River Starts Saturday”
“King County Seeks Up To $5.5M-plus In Yearly PR Consulting”
“11-fold Hike In Emergency Room Visits Due To Energy Drinks”
“Renton May Delay Annexation Vote Due To State Budget Woes”
“Seattle Region Scores Poorly On HIV Risk Behaviors”
“Surveillance Cameras Coming to King County Parks”
“More Self-dealing Alleged At Seattle Indian Services Commission”
“State Worker Car Crashes Cost $21 Million From ’07-‘10”
“Seattle Parks Gun Ban Shot Down Again”
“King County Hopes To Revive Mileage-based Car Insurance”
“State Auditor: Port Townsend’s Finances Shaky”
“MOVE Maps Digital Stories On Diet, Smoking In King County”
“University of Washington’s Graduation Rate Slows”
“Auditors’ Whistleblower Reports: Workers Misusing State Computers”
“Georgetown, Downtown Firms Share In $74 Million Navy Contract”
“U.S. Military Contracts Flowing To Washington State This Week”
“Weak Job Growth Triggers Frustration For Washington’s Unemployed”
“Mercer Island Council Might Sock Adults With Civil Fines For Covert Teen Drinking”
“State Worker Sexually Abused Vulnerable Patient At Shoreline Facility”
“UW Study Probes Factors In Washington Animal-Vehicle Collisions”
“State Auditor: Manager Defrauded UW Medical Center of $252,059”
“Everett-Based Counselor Loses License For Sex With Patient”
‘”‘Donut Hole’ Sale Could Bring More Growth To Maple Valley”
“Mukilteo Company Recalls 16,000 Chinese-Made Flashlight Batteries”
“State Supreme Court: Bothell Violated Defendant’s Civil Right To Fair Trial”
“Violent Sex Offenders Never Got Health Study DSHS Paid UW For”
“Enumclaw Finalizes $900,000 Public-Private Funding Package For New Multi-Use Sports Field”
“U.S. Ninth Circuit: Kent Teacher Not Responsible For Student’s Sexual Misconduct”
“Legislative Audit: Benefits Of Washington’s ‘Green’ Buildings Not Clear”
“City Auditor: Seattle Legal And Liability Claims Total Nearly $75 Million Over Four Years”
“UW Gay Discrimination Case Reinstated By Appeals Court”
“Feds Warn Of Hazardous Hoodies Sold At Pike Place Market”
“Seattle Owns Excess Properties Worth About $81 Million”
“Printing Reforms Could Save Washington State Up To $13.6 Million Per Year”
“U.S. Report: Seattle Can Model Next Steps Against Trafficking”
“Merrill Gardens Med Tech Cited For On The Job Intoxication”
“DSHS Must Pay Back $8.4 Million For Medicaid Claims”
“State Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal Of Auburn Pot Conviction”
“Seattle-Nairobi Team Has Better HIV Test For African Infants”
Each resource guide contains links to agenda pages for city councils, school boards and county councils. We’ve separated out the ones which provide individual links to individual agenda items, because they are modeling best practices. Bloggers, social media users, stake holders are not going to to be able to zero in on an agenda item if it’s buried in a 150-page pdf file of an entire meeting agenda packet. This practice is still common. And if there’s no text at all provided online of current agenda items – well, let’s just call that opaque, rather than transparent.