New cat café opening soon to feature felines from RASKC
Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) will be providing adoptable cats for Neko, a new cat café in Capitol Hill, opening in October. RASKC already works with Seattle’s first cat cafe, Seattle Meowtropolitan, to provide adoptable cats for customers to interact with. “Working with Meowtropolitan has been a really cool experience,” said Nickie Ford, RASKC animal services coordinator. “We got started with them about a year and a half ago, I believe, and we found the cats, they really just thrive in that colony environment.” Slated to open in mid-October, customers at Neko can expect to find 12-15 cats looking… Read More
Taking action to protect your information
Recently there was a large security breach with Equifax customers. Security breaches like this can be scary. You can help protect yourself from identity theft. Our Making Life Easier program has some tips to guide you. Go to http://www.kcmakinglifeeasier.com/login and enter user name King County. Once you enter the website, you can see the tips by clicking the link on the rotating photo menu. For more individualized guidance, you can sign up to speak with a Money Coach at My Secure Advantage. My Secure Advantage is a financial wellbeing program that provides phone-based coaching and online tools to… Read More
Changes ahead for Metro and DOT
Crossposted from Inside Transportation by Harold S. Taniguchi Director, King County Dept. of Transportation Executive Constantine announced this week that he is working with the County Council to make a big change: In early 2019, Metro Transit will become a stand-alone County department, no longer part of the Department of Transportation. This change makes sense. Public transportation is a top priority for the Executive and our region. Population and job growth mean that Metro must provide more and better travel options for all who live and work here—and Metro has a long-range plan for doing just… Read More
New commuting options for employees: Sounder, Uber, Park-and-ride
Two new roundtrips have been added for the Sounder between Seattle-Lakewood, bringing the total number of roundtrips in South King and Pierce Counties up to 13 per weekday. During peak hours, Sounder trains will arrive as often as every 20 minutes. View the full Sounder Lakewood-Seattle schedule here. A new transit discount program offered by Uber aimed at people living in Rainier Valley and South King County will allow for employees to get a $3.50 discount on all UberX and UberPOOL trips to and from qualifying light rail stations. To see participating light rail stations and full instructions to set up the discount in the Uber app, please… Read More
Join us for our county-wide potluck, tomorrow September 28
Please join us on the Admin Plaza from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. for our End-of-Summer countywide potluck on Thursday, September 28. Can you help bring a favorite dish? Contact Nancy Kodani-Lee at 7-8012 or Julie Long at 7-0204 to let us know what you’ll bring. Beverages are not provided, please bring your own. There will also be a Table Tennis Tournament during the Potluck. Sign up with Jane Wu at 3-8523.
2017 Employee Survey is underway
The 2017 Employee Survey is now underway. Have your say and help us make King County work better for you and our customers. Online survey: September 18 – October 6 Paper survey: September 11 – October 6 You know your work better than anyone so let us know what’s on your mind! Speak Up. Be Heard. Make a Difference. Each employee participating in the survey will receive an email from ORC International. The email address will be 2017KCEmployeeSurvey@orcsurvey.com. The subject of the email will be “King County Employee Survey – 2017”. Please check your junk email folder and if you… Read More
Social Media Spotlight: King County on Twitter
The King County Twitter account @kcnews has officially become @KingCountyWA. This change helps make it more clear that tweets are official information from King County government, and reduce confusion with other, similarly-named jurisdictions. Follow @KingCountyWA on Instagram for information and news about services you can use, and tell us how we can serve you better. You should not need to re-follow @KingCountyWA if you already follow @kcnews. Click here to view all King County social media pages.
Kudos! Employees go above and beyond to lend coworkers a hand
The following kudos is from Kimberly Fleming to her coworkers for their help on a recent project: I want to say thank you to Rena Jackson, Sarah Rivas, Jim Shoemaker and Susan Krzyzanowski from Procurement and Payables for their willingness to work with the Retirement and Payroll Accounting teams on our needs concerning the King County substitute IRS form W9. They took the time to listen to our concerns, understand where we were coming from and jumped into action to address a process frustration we were having. They saw it as an opportunity to help and make things better, I just can’t… Read More
Featured Job: Archivist – Assistant
Closing Date/Time: Mon. 10/09/17 11:59 PM Pacific Time Salary: $27.08 – $34.33 Hourly Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 35 hrs/week Location: Archives Building – 1215 E Fir, Seattle, WA 98122, Washington Department: Department of Executive Services – Records & Licensing Services Division Description: The Assistant Archivist will help foster the program’s development. Our ideal candidate will be familiar with archival workflow, including how traditional practices translate to the management of electronic archival records in a digital repository. The successful candidate will exhibit a positive, creative, and forward-looking approach to solving problems and will demonstrate commitment to public service and… Read More
Tech Tip: Skype for Business: How to Skype with external customers
The Skype for Business (Lync/UC) account on your computer is a simple and effective way to have meaningful (remote) meetings with clients, partners and customers even if your client, partner or customer doesn’t have a Skype for Business account. We’ll show you how it works in two minutes.
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