Governing Magazine names King County Executive Dow Constantine a 2016 Public Official of the Year
Every year since 1994, Governing Magazine has honored individual state and local government officials for outstanding accomplishment by naming them Public Officials of the Year. This year, the magazine named King County Executive Dow Constantine as one of these honorees.
Read the article about this honor and his work as King County Executive at Governing Magazine.
Image courtesy of Governing Magazine.
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Social Media Spotlight: King County WTD Instagram
King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) protects public health and the environment by treating the region’s wastewater and recycling resources.
Follow King County WTD on Instagram today!
Click here to view all King County social media pages.
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Featured Job: Senior Crime Analyst
Closing Date/Time: Sun. 11/27/16 11:59 PM
Salary: $78,634.82 – $99,674.22 Annually
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Location: Metro Transit Police Administrative Office, 1301 Airport Way S., Seattle, Washington
Department: Department of Transportation – Transit Division
Description: Metro Transit Police is seeking a Data-Driven Senior Crime Analyst who is experienced in all aspects of crime analysis including but not limited to tactical, strategic and administrative analysis reporting and presentation. Not only will this position serve as a classic model of assisting the Metro Transit Police team in strategic deployment and problem solving efforts, the successful candidate will utilize considerable creativity and expertise to recommend, establish and utilize anticipatory policing tools, data-driven analysis paradigms, and data collection procedures for her or his tactical and strategic analysis of crime related to Metro Transit operations and services.
Learn more about this position or view all available jobs.
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The Annual Employee Giving Drive: Final Week!
The County’s 2016 Annual Employee Giving Drive is wrapping up this week, and this year’s goal is to raise $1.82 million by Friday. King County employees have donated $1,040,180.65 so far, bringing the drive to 57.2% of the goal!
If you haven’t yet decided where you’d like your charitable dollars to go, here is a sampling from the service categories not yet featured to give you ideas. You can also take a look at the 2016 Annual Giving Drive Nonprofit Guide. Each is eligible to receive donations through the Employee Giving Program!
- Historical Society of Seattle and King County (dba MOHAI) (9794) 860 Terry Ave N., Seattle, WA 98109 – Collecting and preserving artifacts and stories of our diverse history to highlight our regional tradition of innovation and imagination.
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2712) 1100 Fairview Ave N, J5-200 – Our pioneering cancer research has dramatically increased survival rates, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Help us find the next big breakthrough – be a lifesaver.
- King County Library System Foundation (9160) 960 Newport Way NW, Issaquah, WA 98027 – Promotes literacy, learning and libraries by providing support beyond public funding enabling KCLS to provide equal access to ideas and information to all members of the community.
- Emergency Feeding Program Seattle King Co. (9625) 851 Houser Way N, #A, Renton, WA 98057 – Provides nutritionally balanced emergency food packs to King County residents struggling with hunger. Accommodates special dietary needs.
The Employee Giving Program is a philanthropic resource for King County employees that benefits county employees by providing prescreened nonprofits, allowing you to plan your giving, making it possible for you to donate time (vacation or compensatory hours), and offering anonymity.
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King County FAX Update
KCIT is leading a project to convert legacy fax machines to digital fax machines (otherwise known as IP FAX). This allows users to send and receive faxes via computer with the fax coming directly to an inbox in the form of an attachment. Converting these fax machines saves money because it uses less paper, less toner and has fewer machine failures.
IP Fax is the Fax standard. If you’d like to learn more, informational sessions will be held via Skype every Tuesday at 11:00 AM from November 22 – January 31. To join one of the sessions, call 263-8114 and enter conference ID 684233. Ready to convert? Just contact the HelpDesk. Questions? Contact Jamie Holter, KCIT.
IP Fax systems
- Easy to use like a shared email account
- Create and store faxed documents in Outlook
- Reliable, secure and HIPPA compliant
- Retain existing fax number
IP Fax cost
- A mailbox with a fax number attached: $00.90/month
- One-time setup fee: $1.20/mailbox
- One-time porting fee: $3.60 per ported fax number
- Cost per page (send/receive): $.045
- Cost per page (retry): $.04
Cost comparison for legacy fax machine
- $40/month
- Fax machine toner: $59-$99
- Paper cost: variable
- Time saved walking back and forth: priceless
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Tech Tip: KCIT Problem Solvers, Episode 1 “My Computer is Frozen”
You’re working on a big project with a deadline fast approaching. Your desktop is as crowded as a Thanksgiving Dinner table. Suddenly, everything freezes. You desperately call 206.263.HELP. All is not lost and you may be able to fix it yourself, as Brian Lencho explains in this episode of the KCIT Problem Solvers: it’s the power of the Reboot.
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Kudos! King County elections receive rave from Seattle Times readers
This piece was featured at the top of the Seattle Times’ Rants and Raves list. Kudos to the Elections office for a job well done!
“RAVE To the staff at King County Elections office who helped us to obtain our overseas ballot. The staff members were all polite, problem focused and patient in guiding two senior citizens through the computer programs. Thank you for making our votes count.”
Image courtesy of the Seattle Times
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Winter is coming. Let’s talk flu vaccine.
Crossposted from Public Health Insider
It’s that time of year. The kids have been in school for a while and the germs are circulating. We sat down with Libby Page from our Immunizations Program to learn what our options are for flu vaccine this season.
Why is it important to get vaccinated now?
LP: Autumn is often the time when flu activity picks up and it can take at least two weeks from the date of vaccination for most people to generate vaccine induced immunity.
Also, children aged 6 months through 8 years who have not been vaccinated in previous years will need two doses of flu vaccine. To provide the best protection, it’s important that they get their first dose as soon as possible and get their second dose at least 4 weeks later.
Read more at Public Health Insider
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Pantsuit Tuesday celebrates accomplishments of professional women
About 40 women participated in Pantsuit Tuesday on November 8 to celebrate the accomplishments of professional women. This informal, non-partisan, non-political lunchtime event invited staff from multiple departments to “suit up” and enjoy the opportunity to network with each other and recognize the achievements of women here in King County and around the U.S.
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1 million trees: DNRP gets muddy and gets planting
Crossposted from King County Natural Resources and Parks Blog
Employees of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks recently volunteered to plant trees and other plants at a restoration site in Marymoor Park. We planted 500 native plants, including 170 trees in a wetland area near the Sammamish River.
Planting one million trees by 2020 is a goal set in King County’s 2015 Strategic Climate Action Plan, a road map for how King County will reduce carbon pollution, increase transit, protect open spaces, and prepare communities for the impacts of a changing climate.
Read more at King County Natural Resources and Parks Blog
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