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The Financial Affairs Application (F1) is undergoing maintenance between 7:30a.m. and 8:30 a.m. this morning while we perform an application upgrade.
Users will be unable to file Financial Affairs Statements for a period of up to a half an hour.
Update: Actual outage was between 7:45a.m. and 8:00a.m.
UPDATE: At approximately 5 p.m., the problem was resolved and the lobbyist reporting system was operational.
Original message: The PDC was notified that a third-party cloud provider is experiencing a widespread outage. The outage is affecting the agency's lobbyist reporting system. The provider is aware of the problem and is investigating. We will provide more information when it is available.
Candidate and committee registration (C-1 and C-1pc) will be unavailable while the PDC migrates data to its new campaign registration application. Campaigns also may experience difficulty submitting contribution and expenditure reports (C-3s and C-4s) for a period Sunday night and Monday morning. For more information about the new registration application, go… more
Due to ongoing work on the PDC's new campaign registration application, some campaign registrations and campaign finance reports filed since Friday night are not available on the website. We are working to update our data and expect to have the information posted Wednesday. Campaigns can… more
Implementation of the new PDC electronic C-1 and C-1pc candidate and committee registration system caused technical issues for some filers when it was launched May 13th, 2019. In limited circumstances, the issues have affected C-1/C-1pc registration as well as C-3 and C-4 filings and ORCA users. Most issues have been resolved, and we expect to complete work on the remaining issues soon. The issues identified do not affect most filers' ability to file, and all filers are encouraged to continue to use the electronic filing system. ORCA users should check to make sure they have the most… more
The outage appears to have been a transient network failure and service was quickly restored. The PDC will be checking with the WA State central IT services to determine the actual cause.
The PDC is experienced an outage that affected the systems used to file C-3s, C-4s, F-1s and L-5s.
UPDATE: The PDC's filing systems remain operational, but the agency has received reports of weather-related outages of external systems that may prevent filers from submitting reports. In addition, the PDC office is closed Tuesday, Feb. 12, due to inclement conditions.
In recognition of these issues, the PDC is extending the deadline for any reports due Feb. 11 or 12 to Feb. 13.
UPDATE:
The outage was resolved at approximately 4:45 a.m. This outage affected all electronic filing except Lobbyist and Lobbyist Employers.
Original Message:
The PDC experienced a outage that prevented electronic filing of F1, L5, C1, C1PC, C6, LMC, except Lobbyist and Lobbyist Employers.
The Washington Public Disclosure Commission's online electronic filing systems were unavailable for all filings except lobbyist and lobbyist employer reporting. The problem began on 12/8/2018 at 4:55 AM. The outage appears to be the result of a failed power circuit or battery backup on the circuit. Systems have been moved to an alternate power source while the issue is investigated. Staff were notified of the outage and began work ~7 AM and systems were available again at 8:05 AM. In the last few months, the agency has been moving systems to more reliable infrastructure. That work is… more
Resolved:
All electronic filing systems have been available since approximately 9:30 AM. The outage status was maintained until 12:00 PM to allow for additional testing and additional disruption or maintenance operations.
Update 12/15/2018 8:40 AM:
Systems are being restored to operation and our current estimate is that electronic filing will be available at approximately 1 PM.
Original message:
The Washington Public Disclosure Commission's online electronic filing systems are currently unavailable for all filings except lobbyist and lobbyist employer… more