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… Read More
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… Read More
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.
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…. Read More
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!
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… Read More
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,… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Running Club an outlet for exercise and rejuvenation, allows employees to go the extra mile
“We know that because of their participation in running club, employees are less stressed and taking better care of themselves,” said Seth Watson, Human Resources Service Delivery Manager. “They’re also more productive and so employee engagement goes up.” “If we have engaged people, then we are going to do our jobs better.” The running club is divided into two groups. The Chinook Building group runs every Monday and Wednesday, leaving the bike storage room at 12:10 p.m., and the King Street Center group which runs every Wednesday, leaving from the Activity Center… Read More
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