WOTC database 08/04/21 (Employment Security Department, Olympia Wa)
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| Tracking # |
PRR-2021-0081 |
| Multi Request | WOTC database 08/04/21 |
| Submitted | Aug. 4, 2021 |
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From: Emily Corwin
Attention: Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Unit
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
1) All reports regarding Work Opportunity Tax Credits certified in 2019 and 2020 provided to the US Department of Labor, including forms 9058.
2) Any database tracking Work Opportunity Tax Credit certifications which is created or maintained by your department or by any third party vendor under contract with your department, preferably in .csv or .xlsx format. If it is easier, the database can be limited to the calendar or fiscal years ending in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
3) The most recent of any contracts with third party vendors to track WOTC certifications.
My goal is to ascertain which businesses and industries are applying for and/or receiving Work Opportunity Tax Credits, for which categories of employees and which occupations. If a conversation could help narrow or expedite the completion of this request, I am available at 802 233 4992 and emily_corwin@harvard.edu.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Emily Corwin
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 4, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Employment Security Department, Olympia Wa
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8-11-21 Ack
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 4, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 20, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #PRR-2021-0081.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Employment Security Department, Olympia Wa
Regards,
Kathy
(she/her/hers)
Deputy Chief Records Officer
OPRDS
c: 360.890.5794
From: Emily Corwin
Hi Kathy,
Thank you for these records. My apologies for the delay here in reviewing their contents. I see the .csv file does not contain any business names. I wonder if that is an oversight. If not, can you tell me on what basis this information is exempt from disclosure?
If it is an oversight and your team can run the report for me again, here are the fields I've been getting from other states. It would be great to have as much symmetry as possible:
business name | target group (including but not limited to ex-felons) | date of application | starting wage | job position | approved/denied
Many thanks!
Emily
From: Employment Security Department, Olympia Wa
Hi Emily,
The names of businesses that utilize the work opportunity tax credit program are privileged under RCW 50.13:
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Confidential - Unemployment Information - Title 50 - RCW 50.13.020; 20 C.F.R. 603(4)(b); RCW 42.56.070(1)
RCW 50.13.020 states any information or records concerning an individual or employing unit obtained by the department through the administration of Title 50 - Unemployment Insurance shall be private and confidential. 20 C.F.R. 603.4(b) mandates the provision for "maintaining the confidentiality of unemployment compensation information which reveals the name or any identifying particular about any individual or any past or present employer or employing unit, or which could foreseeably be combined with other publicly available information to reveal any such particulars." (Emphasis supplied.)
RCW 50.13.020; 20 C.F.R. 603(4)(b); RCW 42.56.070(1)
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Confidential - Program Records - Title 50 - RCW 50.13.020, RCW 42.56.070(1);
Any information or records concerning an individual or employing unit obtained by the department through the administration of Title 50 - Unemployment Insurance, shall be private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
RCW 50.13.020, RCW 42.56.070(1)
In addition, attached please find my email to you dated 9/3/21 regarding the fields we can provide.
Regards,
Kathy
(she/her/hers)
Deputy Chief Records Officer
OPRDS
c: 360.890.5794
From: Emily Corwin
Thanks for this --
Emily
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Washington Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 4, 2021. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 20, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #PRR-2021-0081.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Employment Security Department, Olympia Wa
Attached for your ease of reference please find my correspondence and attachments previously provided to you on September 8, 2021.
Warm regards,
K.P. Bodnar, CPRO
(she/her/hers)
Deputy Chief Records Officer
Office of Privacy, Records and Data Sharing
Administrative Services Division
Washington State Employment Security Department
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