Archives and Records Center serves as blank canvas for graffiti contest
Crossposted from DES Express
“Keeping it Fresh,” a graffiti art contest, was held at the Archives and Records Center on July 30. County Archivist Carol Shenk supervised the site along with event security staff. The contest was led by local artist Andrew Morrison, known for his Indian Heritage murals at the Wilson Pacific School in north Seattle and other local works. Morrison is about to leave Seattle to study on the East Coast, but before leaving our region he wanted to hold an event for young local graffiti artists. He donated the prize money himself.
The graffiti contest was in collaboration with 206 Zulu, which is housed at Washington Hall, just down the block from the Archives and Records Center at 12th and Fir.
Participants expressed great appreciation to King County for the opportunity to share their work. Photos from the event are posted on Archives Twitter feed at @KingCoArchives and on Archives’ newly launched new blog site, www.BytesAndBoxes.org. This new site will allow Archives to quickly and briefly highlight projects, discoveries in the collection, and events.
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Check out the new interactive map that highlights 24 restoration projects around King County
Crossposted from King County Parks
Did you know that King County Parks not only acquires sites for recreational purposes but also for environmental preservation? In 2015, King County Parks worked on a total of 24 restoration sites and planted over 25,000 native trees. The sites we acquire come in a variety of conditions. The majority of the sites are previously developed lands that are run over with invasive weeds such as Himalayan blackberry, reed canary grass and Scot’s broom. With the help of community members and partners, we restore these sites by clearing out the invasive weeds and planting native vegetation to create habitat for wildlife such as birds, fish and other aquatic species. This new ArcOnline map enables users to explore the sites where restoration planting occurred in 2015 and learn about the great partners we worked with to restore these sites.
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Featured Job: Pediatrician
Closing Date/Time: Fri. 09/16/16 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Job Type: Career Service Exempt
Location: Eastgate Public Health Center – Bellevue, Washington
Department: Department of Public Health–Community Health Services
Description: Diagnose and provide medical treatment to clients. Educate and counsel clients on a broad scope of personal and health care issues. Provide technical consultation to nursing staff for assigned work location. Provide medical triage and patient care evaluation. Document all medication evaluation, diagnosis procedures, treatment, outcomes, referrals and consultations. Educate clients on the use of medications. Perform minor surgical procedures.
Learn more about this position or view all available jobs.
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Social Media Spotlight: King County Superior Court Twitter
The mission of King County Superior Court is to serve the public by ensuring justice through accessible and effective forums for the fair, just, understandable, and timely resolution of legal matters.
Follow King County Superior Court on Twitter today!
Click here to view all King County social media pages.
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Kudos! Food program manager named to the Chris Traeger List: Top 100 local government influencers
Crossposted from Public Health Insider
As Chris Traeger would say: Becky Elias, Food Protection Program Manager at Public Health – Seattle & King County, is *literally* our favorite person! Yes, that Chris Traeger–the perpetually sunny, enthusiastic and crazily fit city manager of the fictitious Pawnee, Indiana on *literally* our favorite TV show, Parks and Rec! A national organization for leaders in local government, Emerging Local Government Leaders (ELGL), has named Becky to the Chris Traeger List of Top 100 Local Influencers. We’ve pulled in the cast of Parks and Rec to explain why.
Her listing at number 81 mentions how “Becky led a project and implemented a public/university partnership to standardize inspection practices and results to deliver more reliable information to the public seeking to make informed dining decisions. The experiment’s impact was so positive that the method has now been expanded from the 24-person pilot to the entire food program of 60 individuals, with staff doing one day of peer review inspections each month. Becky is an energetic leader with lots of integrity and intelligence and I was so impressed after hearing about what she accomplished in Seattle! She was able to make her staff feel like they were part of positive project to improve their culture, effectiveness and better protect the safety of residents, as opposed to victims of a witch-hunt looking to find poor performers.”
Read more at Public Health Insider
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Kudos to Facilities Management Division and BSS administrative staff!
Debbi Linebarger with Regional Animal Services of King County thanked FMD and specifically the Building Services Section administrative staff for being such a great customer service team. She expressed her appreciation of their prompt return calls, and for graciously helping her with all her work order requests.
Thank you BSS and all FMD staff for the wonderful work you do!
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Tech Tip: No More “Printer Offline”
In July 2016 KCIT adopted a new method to alert King County employees to important service changes or issues. This is to streamline and make clear what is happening, when it’s happening, who it affects and what to do to adopt the change and move forward with work.
When a change occurs, from an application update to a planned outage, the service team answers the five W’s – who, what, where, when and what to do. The information is written up in clear language then color-coded (red, yellow or green) to communicate the level of relevance and urgency. KCIT Service Delivery Managers review the language and target audience for accuracy and relevance. KCIT then sends the clearly written, targeted email to the affected audience.
This provides the right message at the right time to the right people in a manner that is clear and useful. This new system has been in effect for less than a month and, by all accounts, is performing exactly as planned. This project aligns with the KCIT Strategic Technology Goal of Workforce Empowerment by providing useful information to employees in a timely manner – in short, workers working at the work.
So if you see this Service Alert pop up in your inbox, please read it and don’t delete it. And if you have questions, contact the KCIT Service Center.
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Employee discounts for Seattle Storm, Mariners, Disney on Ice
The Seattle Storm host the Los Angeles Sparks Friday, August 26 at 7:00 p.m., and tickets for most sections within sections 101-128 are available for between $16 and $29 with Promo Code KING2016.
Watch the Seattle Mariners take on the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, August 19, 7:10 p.m. Tickets are $12 View Level and $29 Main Level. Click here to access this offer and use Promo code: King.
Disney on Ice – Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment is coming to the ShoWare Center in Kent, WA November 2 – 7, 2016. The deadline to order tickets is Monday, October 24, 2016 at 12 p.m. All orders must be placed BEFORE this date, ordering deadlines are strictly enforced. Tickets start at $22 for adults and $15 for children. Click here to access this offer (PDF).
See all available discounts on our Employee Discounts page.
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Help us create a Lean Government
Crossposted from Lean in King County
Executive Dow Constantine set a goal for King County to be the best run government. To get there we are embracing continuous improvement, instituting best management practices, empowering employees to innovate, and striving for second-to-none customer service.
Sound exciting? Well we are hiring for 2 positions! This is a great opportunity to join our effort in deploying Lean to transform our processes and management system to improve customer results, create more capacity, and deliver greater value to the people we serve.
Read more at Lean in King County
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Kudos! Procurement receives U.S. Communities Appreciation Award
Crossposted from DES Express
The Finance and Business Operations Division’s Procurement and Payables (P&P) Section received an Appreciation Award from U.S. Communities, the nation’s largest government purchasing alliance.
This award is a reflection of P&P’s dedication to increasing taxpayers’ savings through strategic partnerships with other agencies. P&P currently uses 11 cooperative purchasing agreements from U.S. Communities, more than any other public agency on the West Coast.
U.S. Communities honored King County at the City of Seattle’s Reverse Trade Show on July 21. P&P staff were on hand to accept the award and talk with local vendors about how they can do business with King County.
Congratulations to P&P! Feel free to stop by the section’s front desk on the third floor of Chinook to check out the plaque.
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