System outages that may prevent you from submitting PDC reports are logged here.

Reports will not be considered late when they are filed the next business day following an unplanned outage of 15 minutes or more, or a scheduled outage of 30 minutes or more between 11 p.m and 5 a.m. See WAC 390-19-045.

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Service provider issue blocking electronic filing - -

SAW error blocking access to ORCA, campaign registration and F-1 systems - -

A problem with Secure Access Washington's authentication service is causing outages for users of ORCA, campaign registration and the F-1 financial affairs filing systems. The problem has been reported to SAW. The PDC does not yet have an estimate for restoration of service.

PDC outage of campaign filing systems - -

UPDATE: The outage has been resolved. Please notify pdc@pdc.wa.gov if you continue to have problems accessing the website or filing reports.

Original post: Beginning at about 2 p.m. the Public Disclosure Commission was experiencing an outage that may affect filers' ability to use ORCA and other systems.

Intermittent outages for F-1, campaign registration and ORCA - -

Due to an issue with third-party cloud services, some users of the Financial Affairs (F-1) system, campaign registration and Online Reporting of Campaign Activity (ORCA) may have experienced connectivity issues or outages between 10 p.m. June 7 and 4 a.m. June 8. The issue has been resolved and all systems are operating as expected. 

SAW issue blocking access to PDC systems - -

UPDATE: The issue has now been resolved.

A Secure Access Washington authentication issue is blocking access to the PDC's Financial Affairs (F-1), Campaign Registration (C-1 and C-1pc), and ORCA systems. We are investigating and will update as soon as we know more.

PDC phones "Out-of-Service" - -

All PDC phones were reporting as out-of-service because of maintenance being performed by the WaTech (the state centralized IT services organization). Service was restored on 7/18 before 5 PM.

Slow performance for ORCA submissions - -

The server that processes ORCA submissions experienced some performance issues that may have resulted in users submitting duplicate filings or receiving an error. Please contact the PDC at pdc@pdc.wa.gov if you believe you have duplicate reports so that we can work with you to delete the duplicate.

ORCA update bug - -

A bug in the version of ORCA released July 21 may have caused a data error that prevented campaigns from filing accurate reports. The ORCA system can identify affected campaigns and will give them the option of fixing the data loss the next time they open ORCA. Those campaigns may need to amend any reports filed between July 21 and July 29. The PDC will be doing additional outreach to affected campaigns.  

Server issues for F-1 system and campaign reporting - -

Users of the Financial Affairs Disclosure system, campaign registration and ORCA may experience difficulty connecting to PDC servers. Technicians are working to resolve the problem. We do not currently have an estimate for when service will be restored, but will post an update soon.

UPDATE: This issue has been resolved as of 9:30 a.m.

Planned outage for registration, financial affairs and campaign report submission - -

Update 1/28/2021 6:55

The maintenance operation has encountered an error. The outage is now expected to last until 7:30 AM.

Due to planned maintenance, PDC systems for candidate and committee registrations, reporting of personal financial affairs, and submission of C-3s and C-4s will be unavailable from 4:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28.