Department of Licensing Data Sharing Contract Audits History

A record of annual data security and permissible use audits conducted by the Washington State Department of Licensing on recipients of its shared data. The dataset includes audit types, dates, and recipient details. It is hosted on the data.wa.gov platform and was last updated on February 23, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing audit frequency and outcomes by Recipient Type using Audit Type and Audit Closed Date.
• Tracking compliance timelines for specific organizations using Business or Agency Identifier, Audit Received or Conducted Date, and Audit Closed Date.
• Identifying recipients subject to audits using Recipient Name and Audit Control Number for record linkage.

Strengths

• Includes structured audit metadata such as Audit Control Number and Audit Closed Date.
• Covers multiple years of audit history, as implied by the dataset's purpose.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal audit records as part of data-sharing agreement enforcement.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-02-23 22:07:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Washington State, USA (implied by data.wa.gov source)