Social services use forecast to expand

Demands on state social service programs will increase during the next two-year budget cycle, according to the Caseload Forecast Council.

State worker briefs for June 30

Prison has two new head officials
Mental health project gets volunteer leader

Agency update for June 30

 James Donaldson of Seattle has been appointed to chair the Sustainable Recreation Work Group, a project that brings leaders from throughout the state together to improve recreation on lands managed by the state Department of Natural Resources.

State must adjust pension funding

Adjusting pensions to assume state employees will live and work longer would cost about $59 million in the next two-year budget, the state actuary says.

Agency update for June 23

Gov. Chris Gregoire named 26 state managers as recipients of this year's Governor's Award for Leadership in Management.

Agencies will pick up tab for workers' bags

The checked baggage fees charged by some airlines are now part of the cost of doing state business.

State office consolidation ignites dispute on growth

The old Department of Health office was so limited on space that employees had to wash shellfish in the sink by the office coffee maker before sending them to a laboratory for toxin testing.

State worker briefs for June 23

•DOT Web site, phones down for upgrade
•Ecology youth crews help clean up streets

Ecology avoids layoffs by shuffling jobs

The Department of Ecology has avoided threatened layoffs in its water-quality program, in part by moving some affected workers to other agency positions.

State Worker briefs - June 16

• Nominations sought for lifesaving acts
•Family now can buy military license plates
•Ceremony celebrates newest state park
• DSHS names two new division executives