Title Info: Governors Daily Record, Volume 24, 2008

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Record Creator:	Governor, Office of the
Description:	The Governor's Daily Record, Volume 24, provides a daily record of executive actions from January 1, 2008 to December 30, 2008. This volume contains 648 individual executive actions across 261 pages and documents the administrative activities of Governor Christine O. Gregoire (2005-2013). The records include appointments to state boards, commissions, committees, and judicial positions; interstate extradition through requisition honors and issuances; pardons, commutations, and clemency actions; proclamations for emergency declarations and public observances; tribal-state agreements including gaming compacts and cigarette tax contracts; executive orders establishing policy councils; and various administrative actions. The volume documents responses to multiple severe weather events including winter storms, flooding, and wildfires that affected Washington counties throughout 2008, the evolution of tribal-state relations through gaming compact amendments and cigarette tax agreements with several tribes, the impact of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through numerous directives lowering flags to half-staff in honor of fallen Washington service members, and an executive action implementing the Federal Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 in response to the emerging housing crisis.
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Access Restriction Notes:	These records are open for research.
Sources of Transfer	State Government Archives
Notes	How to Search Select "Browse this Series" to view all executive actions organized chronologically by date. Use the name selection list to find records by specific governors or acting governors. Use the keyword search box to find matching terms in the "Summary of Action" field, including any names mentioned in the records. For example, to find actions related to someone named "James," enter "James" in the keyword search box. To find specific types of executive actions, use action terms exactly as they appear in the summaries. The most common action terms include "appoints", "honors", "issues", "directs", and "notifies". Use the search by date option to find records from a particular date within the volume. Action Terms Reference This reference guide contains all 11 action terms used in the Summary of Action field for Volume 24 of the Governor's Daily Record series. Use these exact terms when conducting keyword searches to find specific types of executive actions. Most Commonly Used Terms appoints Appointments to state boards, commissions, committees, judicial positions, and other official positions. Example: "Governor appoints J. Robert Leach as judge of the Court of Appeals, Division I, District 2 for a term effective March 1, 2008, subject to the next general election." honors Honoring requisitions from other state governors for the return of fugitives from justice (interstate extradition). Example: "Governor honors a requisition from the State of Montana for the return of Maria J. Ahmed who is charged with the crime of theft by embezzlement." issues Issuing requisitions on other state governors for the return of fugitives to Washington State (interstate extradition). Example: "Governor issues a warrant for Deborah R. Miramontez in Ketchikan, Alaska, who is charged with assault in the third degree and escaped from community custody." directs Directing that state and federal flags be lowered to half-staff to honor fallen military service members and other memorial observances. Example: "Governor directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on February 8, 2008, in memory of U.S. Army Sergeant James E. Craig who was killed in action in Mosul, Iraq." notifies Providing official notifications of temporary gubernatorial absences from Washington State and designation of acting authority. Example: "Governor notifies Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen of temporary absence from Washington State from February 22-26, 2008, to attend the National Governors Association Annual Winter Meeting in Washington D.C." Less Commonly Used Terms grants Granting pardons, conditional pardons, and other acts of executive clemency. proclaims Issuing proclamations for emergency declarations and other official announcements. orders Ordering the establishment of policy councils and other administrative directives through executive orders. executes Executing tribal-state agreements including gaming compacts and water resources management agreements. signs Signing amendments and addenda to existing tribal-state agreements. enters Entering into cigarette tax contracts and other agreements with tribal governments. Search Tips Use exact spelling: Search terms must match exactly as shown above Try variations: Note that "honor" and "honors" both appear in the volume Combine terms: Use multiple terms to narrow or broaden your search Consider context: Many records include specific board, commission, or committee names; requisitions include county names and crime types Locating Specific Actions on Digitized Pages When viewing digitized images, users may encounter multiple executive actions recorded on a single page. Although each action is cataloged as a separate record in the database, the digitized image displays the complete page. To locate a specific action within the page image, refer to the unique reference number assigned to each record. The reference number indicates the page and sequence of the action. For example, the reference number "AR2-9-0-3-v24-p016-01" identifies the first action recorded on page 16 of Volume 24, while "AR2-9-0-3-v24-p016-02" indicates the second action on that same page. Users can use these reference numbers to quickly navigate to the correct action within the page image. Digitization and indexing completed by Maggie Cogswell at the Washington State Archives.
Agency History:	The Office of the Governor of Washington State was established on March 17, 1853 when Isaac I. Stevens was appointed territorial governor. During the territorial period, governors were appointed by the President and reported to the U.S. Department of State and later the Department of Interior. Following Washington's admission to the Union on November 11, 1889, the governor became an elected position chosen by qualified electors for a four-year term. Elisha P. Ferry became the first state governor on November 18, 1889. The Washington State Constitution establishes the governor as the state's chief executive officer, vested with supreme executive authority and charged with faithful execution of state laws.
Preferred Citation:	[Identification of item], Governors Daily Record, Volume 24, 2008, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed].
Record Count:	648