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i r Conducted a surrey of selected cities and counties Survey design and population We designed a short online survey to determine whether governments required to post public reports on their permit review time performance as specified in state law did so,and to learn the reasons why for those that did not.We sent our surveys to the planning or building department director at each selected government.We asked governments that said they did report for the online location of their report.We asked governments that said they did not report to identify key reasons why they did not; the survey included an option for free response.The online survey was open from May 1 through 19, 2023.We conducted email follow-up with governments that did not respond within the first two weeks to encourage them to participate. To determine the correct survey population,we first identified all governments required by state law to post these reports.Required governments are all counties west of the Cascades with populations of more than 150,000 in 1996,and all cities within those counties with populations of 20,000 or more.We used population information from the Office of Financial Management to identify counties with populations of more than 150,000 as of 1996,and cities within those counties with populations of 20,000 or more as of 2020.We relied on information from the Washington State Department of Commerce to classify counties as west or east of the Cascades.A total of 49 local governments met the criteria to be included in the survey population.We then excluded the four governments already selected as part of this audit,and sent our survey to a total of 45 governments. Growth Management Act Appendix B 54