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

Filing deadlines are extended for any unscheduled outage lasting 15 minutes or more, or any scheduled outage of 30 minutes or more.

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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. 

 

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

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 Wednesday, Feb. 3. 

PDC phone lines not staffed March 4 - -

Due to mandatory training, Public Disclosure Commission staff members will be unavailable for most of Thursday, March 4. Please send an email to pdc@pdc.wa.gov, and we will reply on Friday, March 5.

PDC phones down - -

PDC phone lines, which run on Microsoft Teams, are not operating due to the worldwide Teams outage. Some callers are able to get through to voicemail. If you have left a message there, we will call you back on Tuesday morning after service has been restored. The quickest way to reach us is to send email to pdc@pdc.wa.gov.

Outage for campaign registration, F-1 and C-3/C-4 filing - -

PDC staff have taken the filing systems for candidate and committee registrations, financial affairs reports, and campaign finance reports offline to conduct troubleshooting. 

We will update this message when the system is back online or we have an estimate of when it will return to service. 

UPDATE: Troubleshooting is completed, and the systems are back online. 

C-3 and C-4 outage - -

An issue caused by data migration is preventing some candidates and committee from submitting C-3s and C-4s. Technicians are investigating, and we expect to have an estimate of when it will be resolved later today.

UPDATE at 1 p.m.: PDC staff expect a partial fix will be in place by 4 p.m. 

UPDATE at 3:30 p.m.: The data migration error has been fixed, and most committees should be able to file C-3s and C-4s now.

ORCA users: open your campaign and go to File>Committee Information. If information is missing, click the "sync campaign" button.

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LMC filing system outage - -

Filers of Last Minute Contribution reports were unable to submit during a window of time Oct. 20. PDC staff have not determined a cause and are investigating. 

Planned outage for F-1, C-1, C-3 and C-4 systems - -

Brief outage for planned maintenance. Financial Affairs reporting, Campaign registration systems will be unavailable. Users of ORCA (Online Reporting of Campaign Activity) and third-party campaign finance software will be unable to file C-3 and C-4 reports.