Shadow system is a term used in information services for any application relied upon for business processes that is not under the jurisdiction of a centralized information systems department and duplicates or replicates the activities of the centralized system. In this case, a shadow system is a system that exists outside the main accounting system.

In a single-tenancy architecture, the tenant purchases their own copy of the software, and the software can be customized to meet the specific and needs of that customer.

The City of Seattle recognizes firms who self certify as minority owned or women owned.

The mapping of security roles, positions, and employees from present security roles in agencies to map employees to security roles through positions.

Electronic tool hosted on DES website to locate/access master contracts via web contract portal pages.

Scope refers to the extent of the work that will be done based on capacity and funding. For instance, phase 1 of the One Washington program focuses only on finance processes.

The phase of the A/E's services in which the architect consults with the agency/institution to ascertain the requirements of the project and prepares schematic design studies consisting of drawings and other documents illustrating the scale and relationships of the project components for approval by the agency/institution. The A/E also submits a preliminary estimate of construction cost based on current area, volume or other unit costs.

A schedule breakdown on a month-to-month basis by the contractor to show the intended percentage of completed work by the construction trades. The schedule of values is the basis for the amount of the request for payment by the contractor.

An application used by general government agencies to estimates the costs of salaries and benefits for budgetary control and allotments. Also used by general government agencies to prepare data for the Compensation Impact Model.

An internal service fund established to carry out a cycle of operations. The amounts expended from the account are restored to the account from earnings from operations or by transfers from other accounts, so that the account is always intact.