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    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.

    Photos 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