Governor Christine Gregoire
Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen
Secretary of State Sam Reed
Attorney General Rob McKenna
The attorney general maintains a tech unit.
Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development
CTED seeks to help businesses connect with financing options, infrastructure and tax incentive programs, energy cost reduction strategies, site selection tools, and more. It also has resources available to help companies establish or expand international trade connections.
Department of Employment Security
This site includes resources for job seekers, businesses, and students.
Department of Information Services
DIS provides telecommunications, computing and digital services to more than 700 Washington state agencies, boards and commissions, local governments, tribal organizations, qualifying nonprofits and federal agencies.
Department of Labor and Industries
This department helps employers meet safety and health standards and inspects workplaces when alerted to hazards.
Department of Licensing
The departments web site includes a variety of information concerning business-licensing practices in Washington.
Department of Revenue
The Department of Revenue collects more than 94 percent of state taxes and a significant share of local taxes. The departments web site includes, in part, the following useful material:
Information about doing business on the Internet.
Information about high technology business tax incentives.
The 2004 Annual Survey for High Technology, B&O Tax Credit, Tax Deferral Program for High Technology Businesses, and Tax Deferral Program for Investment Projects in Rural Counties.
Tax notices specific to particular industries.
A study of the high technology R & D tax incentives.
Information Services Board
The Information Services Board (ISB) is a 15-member Board made up of leadership from the state agencies, Legislature, courts, higher education and the private sector. State law directs the ISB to:
Develop standards to govern the acquisition and disposition of equipment, software and purchased services;
Approve IT acquisitions or set rules that delegate acquisition authority;
Develop statewide or interagency technical policies;
Review and approve the statewide IT strategic plans;
Provide oversight on large projects;
Establish and monitor appeals processes.
Office of Financial Management
Office of Regulatory Assistance
This web site was developed to help businesses and citizens locate rule information and to help discover information on environmental permitting services. It provides links to cities, counties, economic development councils, business license information, agency rulemaking information, and environmental permitting services.
Washington Technology Center Board of Directors
The WTC provides a collaborative effort between the states universities, private industry and government in performing and commercializing research on a statewide basis to benefit the economic vitality of the state.
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
The WUTC is a three-member board, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate to six year terms, that regulates the rates, services, and practices of privately-owned utilities and transportation companies, including electric, telecommunications, natural gas, water, and solid waste collection companies, pipeline safety, private commercial ferries, buses, and motor carriers. The WUTC has a special page for the telecommunications industry.
Workforce Explorer Department of Employment Security
This site features labor market information and economic analysis.
Legislative Branch
Washington State Legislature Home Page
Legislative Member Rosters and Information
Legislative E-Mail Service
Senate Committees
International Trade & Economic Development
Labor, Commerce, Research & Development
Ways and Means
House of Representatives Committees
Appropriations
Commerce and Labor
Economic Development, Agriculture and Trade
Finance
Technology, Energy and Communications
