Tech Tip: Have a minor edit for the King County website?
Have you ever noticed outdated or incorrect information on the King County website? Are you unsure about who can fix or make changes to it? Here’s how you can request an edit be made to current content on a website page.
Submit a request to our Web Team Support through this online form. Please note you must be logged in to SharePoint to do so.
When sending an edit, be as specific as possible and always include the following information:
- The link to the page that needs the change
- The revised, correct language for your edit
- Any other necessary links or website redirects
Thank you for your help in keeping our website up to date!
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Kudos! Thanks for participating in the Annual Giving Drive
This is one of the many “thank you” notes our employees received during the Annual Giving Drive!
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Featured Job: User Centered Design and Civic Engagement Manager
Closing Date/Time: Mon. 12/05/16 4:30 PM
Salary: $52.69 – $66.79 Hourly, $109,595.20 – $138,923.20 Annually
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Location: Chinook Building – 401 5th Ave, Seattle, Washington
Department: King County Department of Information Technology
Description: Currently, we are seeking a User Centered Design and Civic Engagement Manager to lead our eGovernment team. This position will be accountable for making decisions to improve the overall customer and employee experience with our technology solutions and platforms while implementing strategies, tools and models that align with the business needs of King County and the department’s strategic direction. This position will also build the User Driven Design (UDD) team and ensure that this service is used across KCIT as we develop and implement new / updated applications and websites.
Learn more about this position or view all available jobs.
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Up-close and personal with Airport director Randy Berg
Crossposted from The Centerline
Thanks to the Puget Sound Business Journal, aviation writer Andrew McIntosh, and photographer Anthony Bolante for their up-close and personal look (sign-in required to read the full interview) at our new Airport Director, Randy Berg in the November 18 issue.
Andrew and Anthony sat down with Randy last month, and drew out Randy’s story of coming full circle from his first career job 40 years ago at the Auburn Municipal Airport, and his very first job in high school as a “gas boy” at the Van Nuys Airport in Southern California.
“I met famous entertainers and politicians who owned airplanes in the L.A. basin. You’d get a chance to talk with them. My uncle was also a pilot, mechanic and retired Federal Aviation Administration executive. When I look back at my career, it was the most fun I had. To this day, I look out my window and watch people on the ramp, especially in pouring rain, and my heart still goes out to them.”
Read more at The Centerline
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Social Media Spotlight: King County Elections Twitter
King County is the largest county in the US to vote entirely by mail; Director: Julie Wise. Hotline: 206-296-8683.
Follow King Co Elections on Twitter today!
Click here to view all King County social media pages.
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Need help signing up for health insurance? We’ve got you covered.
Crossposted from Public Health Insider
Health insurance navigators are everywhere in King County, but with so many choices, you might need help navigating the list, too. We’ve made it easy by putting details about our biggest up-and-coming events and opportunities right here.
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Happy Thanksgiving to our employees, their families and the King County community!
We would like to take the time to say how thankful we are for our employees and their dedication to making King County a beautiful, welcoming and civic minded region. It is with you that we can innovate, connect and provide excellent service to our community and people across the community.
Enjoy the holiday and the time with your loved ones. We look forward to continuing to forge ahead with you, the King County employee, by our side.
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Should you still sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act? YES
Crossposted from Public Health Insider
Ever since the election, people are wondering whether their health insurance coverage will survive next year, if the Affordable Care Act (sometimes called “Obamacare”) is targeted for repeal.
The short answer is, Yes. Your insurance should stay the same all through 2017, whether you are enrolled through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange or through Washington Apple Health (Medicaid).
Open Enrollment has already started, for people with incomes that qualify for discounted plans on the Exchange. There are two deadlines coming up. The first deadline – to complete an application for coverage that starts in January – will be December 15th. The final deadline is January 31, 2017.
People who buy coverage now should feel confident that it is good for all of 2017 – no matter what happens.
Read more at Public Health Insider
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King County partners with emergency responders for rescue training
Crossposted from King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Over four days in early Nov, area firefighters and wastewater employees participated in hands-on training in rescuing people from hard-to-reach, potentially hazardous spaces.
These “confined spaces” are defined by how hard it is to get in and out of them, and can have poor or even dangerous air quality.
Each day, about 12 firefighters participated in drills along with Brightwater treatment plant employees.
“It gives everyone – the firefighters and our plant employees – a chance to practice our procedures for responding to a potential emergency,” noted Jim Faccone, WTD’s Safety & Hazardous Materials Program Manager.
Read more at King County Wastewater Treatment Division
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Win a book of poetry; further the conversation about equity and social justice
This year an Equity and Social Justice (ESJ) project team in the Department of Natural Resources and Parks organized a series of four literary readings called “Reflecting on Race and Racism through Spoken Word, Story, and Conversation” that was open to all King County employees. The purpose was to provide a forum for employees to discuss issues of race and racism to help reject stereotypes, practice empathy, and come to a greater understanding of the roots of inequity and injustice that the county’s Equity and Social Justice Initiative seeks to address.
Following the presidential election, Executive Constantine recently reaffirmed the County’s commitment to equity and social justice:
“The tenor of this campaign has been toxic. It was fragmented and marginalized people. But King County is a place that values women, that values racial minorities and the disabled, that values immigrants and refugees, and people of every religion, or of no religion. Wherever you began your life, you are welcome here in our county.”
Part of that toxicity and marginalization happens when women, people of color, people of non-Christian faiths, and the disabled are not valued as full human beings, which often stems from stereotypes.
In her application to be part of ESJ literary series, writer Djenanway Se-Gahon referenced one of her favorite authors, Chimamanda Adichie, who warns that if we hear only a single story about a person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. Adichie says, “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
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