Get matching funds for your Giving Drive events
The Employee Giving Program is getting healthier this year.
Health Match, created in partnership with Healthy Incentives, rewards those who host healthy events during the Annual Giving Drive. 
The two award-winning programs put their heads together to create something that has possibly never been done before in the public sector.
The program promotes healthy EGP events by offering a match pool, where every dollar raised during the event will be stretched. Now, those who host healthy events for the Employee Giving Drive have a reason to host “health approved” events — free money to donate.
Share this:
WTD named a Diversity Leader
King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division was recognized as a 2014 diversity leader in engineering and information technology by the magazine Diversity/Careers, joining organizations like IBM, the U.S. Navy and Microsoft.
The woman-owned publication is targeted to women and minority groups interested in careers in engineering and information technology. The magazine asked its online readers to look at a list of companies and organizations to identify which ones exemplified workforce and supplier diversity. Participants had an option to add or delete organizations from the list. 
WTD was one of the five organizations selected under the Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure category. The other organizations under the category were Baker Hughes, CH2M Hill, HNTB, Turner Construction Company and URS Corporation.
Share this:
Benefit changes for 2015
Dear Fellow Employee/Union Member:
Recently the Joint Labor and Management Insurance Committee (JLMIC) agreed to modest changes in 2015 benefits that will lower the County’s costs and protect the health of employees and their families.
Last year the County and labor announced a new way of negotiating benefits that allows us to adjust benefits more regularly so we can be more responsive to market conditions. To keep you updated the JLMIC created a website with background on who we are, how we negotiate and what’s happening with health care costs.
Share this:
Meet the two newest Superior Court Judges
Meet the two newest Superior Court Judges, Judge Chad Allred and Judge Samuel Chung
Judge Chad Allred
Judge Chad Allred – On May 9, 2014, Governor Jay Inslee appointed Chad Allred to the King County Superior Court bench. Judge Allred assumed the position previously occupied by Judge Trickey, who was appointed to the Washington Court of Appeals.
Judge Allred spent 15 years in private practice, where his litigation experience included trade secrets, tortious interference, securities fraud, racketeering, trust and probate disputes, serious injuries, and some criminal defense. He also developed expertise in the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction and in complex judgment collection. From 1999 forward, Judge Allred volunteered with and supported Open Door Legal Services, which provides free legal help to the homeless in Seattle. He is also an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.
Share this:
New tool for Mobile Device Management
If you are one of the over 4,000 employees who connect to King County email on a mobile device (mobile phone or tablet) we’d like tell you about a new service coming your way. This service is called Mobile Device Management (MDM) and it is designed to protect both your information and County information on your mobile device. 
You can benefit from this service whether you are using a County-owned or a personal device. Enrollment in the MDM system only takes a few minutes, and with it you get peace of mind by knowing we can help you locate your device if it’s lost or stolen, selectively remove County information from your device which helps to protect King County’s data and network, and even remotely reset the device to factory defaults (upon your request only) should you lose it, which protects your personal information from exposure.
The system will not infringe on your privacy. We don’t track your location, what apps are installed on the device, phone calls, texts, or any personal information.
Share this:
Five Questions with Jimmy Hung, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
1. What was your first role at King County? Ironically (see below), I was a Rule 9 Summer Intern with the Juvenile Unit at the Prosecutor’s Office handling misdemeanor cases.
2. What do you do as Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney? I am currently the Chair of our Juvenile Unit and oversee the prosecution of all juvenile criminal matters in King County.
3. What do you like most about your job? The wonderful, dedicated employees of the PAO that I have the privilege of working with every day.
Share this:
Nonprofits help to launch Employee Giving Program’s Ambassador Rally
The Seattle nonprofit, Teen Feed, provides meals for homeless youth in the University District 365 days a year, something it is able to do with help from King County’s Employee Giving Program.
Representatives from the Cascade Bicycle Alliance Education Foundation helped to inspire Ambassadors
“You are helping provide [homeless teens] what they need 24 hours a day,” Suzanee Sullivan the Development and Communications Director said at the EGP Ambassador Rally.
The August 26 rally was held in preparation for the Annual Giving Drive that kicks off on September 24, 2014, and to encourage ambassadors to invite non-profit speakers from the thousands of nonprofits connected to EGP into the workplace.
Share this:
Kudos! Tiffany Frank, Customer Service Specialist III, Records and Licensing Services Division
A customer called to express her thanks for the service she received from Tiffany Frank in the Recorder’s Office. You can listen to the customer’s voicemail here or read the transcript below.
My name is Ernestine Rutledge and I’m a senior citizen that had to have some documents completed and recorded on my house and adding my daughter onto my deed and I just wanted to call and let you know that the people who are answering your phone are just absolutely wonderful. Everyone I talked to took the time and gave me information on where to go on the website and they were just awesome, awesome, awesome. In addition to that, I tried to complete the forms and I took them down today and I met this angel, named Tiffany. she was just perfect for me, she gave me all the information, she helped me she didn’t make me feel stupid, she didn’t look at me like I was crazy. She was wonderful. She helped me and I got my form filed and I felt like I had done something. She said, “you know did really well without a lawyer,” and I know that she probably was thinking,” you should have gotten one,” but she didn’t say that to me, she said, “you did well.” And she herself was absolutely wonderful. But I wanted to have you give that information to her and if I need to type it up and send it to your office so you can read it in the staff meeting or whatever, I just wanted to let somebody know down here because you hear so much negative stuff that everybody I talked to were absolutely efficient, wonderful, courteous, and then I met Tiffany today and that just sealed the deal for me. So congratulations to what you’re doing down there, keep it up, keep helping us and keep helping us senior citizens, so you have a blessed day, thank you.
Share this:
Be prepared for an earthquake
Last week’s earthquake in California is a good reminder that we need to be prepared for an earthquake in Washington state. Our goal is always to continue providing as many County services as possible in an emergency, while also ensuring the safety of our employees. When reporting to work, remember to let safety be your guide for commute decisions and while doing your job, and check with your supervisor or manager for specific information or directions.
Please follow these general tips on earthquake preparedness both at home and at work:
Share this:
We are Replacing Your Email PST files
Like many County employees, you may be using PST (Outlook data) files to store email that has outgrown your mailbox. Although using PSTs have been the County’s preferred practice for some time, this fall we are beginning the process to move all data contained in PSTs to Exchange Archive Mailboxes with the PST Replacement Project.
Please note that the ability to store a large volume of email records in the Exchange Archive Mailbox does not satisfy or remove your responsibility to manage your email. Remember, your email records are County property which must be retained, managed and disposed of in accordance with a State approved retention schedule based on the email content.
Employee News 