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Washington State government consists of more than 190 agencies, departments, and commissions. The main administrative departments are: [1] Agriculture (WSDA); Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP)
Pages in category "State agencies of Washington (state)" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The offices of each of the state constitutional officers are established in the Washington constitution, with the exception of that of the Insurance Commissioner, which was created by statute. They are each elected on a partisan ballot to concurrent four-year terms, except for the Superintendent of Public Instruction who is officially non-partisan.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the US state of Washington. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 260 law enforcement agencies employing 11,411 sworn police officers, about 174 for each 100,000 residents. The state has the lowest ratio of police ...
Local government in Washington (state) (15 C, 4 P) C. State constitutional officers of Washington (state) (10 C) ... Washington State Department of Information Services;
Pages in category "Sheriffs' offices of Washington (state)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of U.S. statewide elected executive officials.These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions. This list does not include those elected to serve in non-executive branches of government, such as justices or clerks of the state supreme courts or at-large members of the state legislatures.
A combined state department of transportation was proposed in the mid-1960s and gained the support of Governor Dan Evans. [10] Charles Prahl, who resigned as head of the Department of Highways, criticized the Evans administration's proposal to create a transportation "superagency" and the prioritization of rapid transit in plans for the urban transportation system of Seattle. [11]