Washington State Lobbyist Agents and Their Employers

Lobbyist agent records from the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC), detailing agents employed by lobbying firms and the employers those firms represent. The data is provided as a best-effort compilation and may contain incomplete or incorrect information, with the PDC offering access to original reports for verification. The dataset was last updated on March 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping relationships between lobbying firms and their clients based on the described agent-to-employer links.
• Analyzing the structure and staffing of lobbying firms based on the agent information.
• Investigating potential lobbying influence by cross-referencing agent and employer data with other disclosure reports.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC).
• Multiple machine-readable formats are available: CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML.
• The dataset was updated on March 22, 2026, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The description explicitly states the data may contain incomplete or incorrect information.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, making field semantics unclear.
• The row count and total size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC)

Collection Method

Registration and reporting by lobbying firms to the PDC.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:11:29.086980

Geography

Washington State, United States