Summit information

• Agenda
• 2020 Summit Program
• Directions
• Lodging
• Food

2023 DEI Empowerment Conference speaker materials

2020 DEI Summit speaker videos and materials

Statewide DEI Committees serve as working groups to complete the action items identified in the governor’s inclusive and respectful work environments memo from April 2018.

• Committee reports, findings, resources, and presentations
• Committee tools and guidance

• DEI Policy Committee Charter
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Glossary of Equity - Related Terms
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in State Workforce Interface Visual

What is the PSLF program?

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) is a federal program that forgives the remaining balance on Direct loans for public service employees after they have made 120 qualifying monthly payments (approximately 10 years) under a qualifying repayment plan while working full time for an eligible public service employer. 

Washington state has a number of executive orders and directives related to workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion that enhance the recruitment, retention, and safety of the state’s workforce. Below you can find what each of the executive orders/directives mean for state agenices as well as links to helpful information.  

Links listed on this page are intended for resource purposes and do not constitute an endorsement by the Office of Financial Management.

Governor Gregoire's Directive 07-06, Pandemic Flu Preparation directed the “…Washington State Military Department and the Department of Information Services to distribute continuity of operation planning (COOP) guidelines to state agencies” and “each executive cabinet agency to use these guidelines to update or complete a plan to provide services to the public during a pandemic.” 

All agencies received guidelines for their COOP development and have either submitted a plan or are in the process of completing one.  As part of the planning effort, each agency identified: