Washington State government consists of more than 190 agencies, departments, and commissions. The main administrative departments are:RCW 43.17.010; RCW 50.08.010; RCW 74.18.030; RCW 38.08.020; RCW 43.30.030. *

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

(WSDA) * Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) *

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

(COM) *

Corrections In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies, and involving the punishment, treatment, and s ...

(DOC) * Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) *

Ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

(ECY) * Employment Security Department (ESD) * Washington State Technology Solutions (WaTech) *

Financial Institutions A financial institution, sometimes called a banking institution, is a business entity that provides service as an intermediary for different types of financial monetary transactions. Broadly speaking, there are three major types of financial ins ...

(DFI) * Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) *

Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

(DOH) * Labor and Industries (L&I) *

Licensing A license (American English) or licence ( Commonwealth English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit). A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another par ...

(DOL) *

Washington Military Department The Washington State Military Department is a branch of the state government of Washington, United States. The Washington State Military Department has several major operational divisions: * Washington Emergency Management Division * Washington ...

(MIL) *

Natural Resources Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest, and cultural value. ...

(DNR) * Puget Sound Partnership * Retirement Systems (DRS) *

Revenue In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of product (business), goods and services related to the primary operations of a business. Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some compan ...

(DOR) * Services for the Blind (DSB) * Social and Health Services (DSHS) *

Transportation Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...

(WSDOT) *

Veterans Affairs Veterans' affairs is an area of public policy concerned with relations between a government and its communities of military veterans. Some jurisdictions have a designated government agency or department, a Department of Veterans' Affairs, Minist ...

(DVA) Others include: * Accountancy, State Board of (WBOA) * Administrative Hearings, Office of (OAH) * Actuary, Office of the State (OSA) * African-American Affairs, Washington State Commission on (CAA) * Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington (ALTCEW) *

Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia (United States), militia of each U.S. ...

(WAANG) * Washington Apple Commission (APPLE) * Architects, Board of Registration for (BRA) *

Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG) is an organized Militia (United States), militia force and a Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces, federal military reserve force of the United States Army. It is simultaneously part of two differen ...

(WAARNG) * Arts Commission, Washington State (ARTS) * Asian Pacific American Affairs, State of Washington Commission on (CAPAA) * Asparagus Commission (ASPAR) * Attorney General, Office of the (ATG) * Audit and Review Committee, Joint Legislative (JLARC) * Auditor, Washington State (SAO) * Aviation, Department of Transportation (DOTA) * Bar Association (BAR) * Beef Commission (BEEF) * Biodiversity Council (BDC) * Blind, Washington State School for the (WSSB) * Blueberry Commission (BLUE) * Building Code Council, State (SBCC) * Caseload Forecast Council, State of Washington (CFC) * Center for Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss, Washington State (WSD) * Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials, Washington (SALARIES) * Civil Legal Aid, Office of (OCLA) * Code Reviser Statute Law Committee (SLC) * Columbia River Gorge Commission (CRG) * Combined Fund Drive (CFD) * Community & Technical Colleges, State Board for (SBCTC) * Conservation Commission, State (SCC) * County Road Administration Board (CRAB) * Court of Appeals (COA) * Courts, Administrative Office of the (AOC) * Criminal Justice Training Commission, Washington State (CJTC) * Dairy Products Commission (DAIRY) * Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Office of the (ODHH) * Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC) * Disability Issues and Employment, Governor's Committee on (GCDE) * Early Learning, Department of (DEL) * Economic and Revenue Forecast Council (ERFC) * Economic Development Commission (WEDC) * Economic Development Finance Authority (WEDFA) * Education Research and Data Center (ERDC) *

Washington State Board of Education The Washington State Board of Education (SBE) is a government body that oversees education in the U.S. state of Washington. It was established in 1877 by the Washington Territorial Legislature and primarily oversees K–12 education. The board a ...

(SBE) * Emergency Management Division (EMD) * Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) * Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for (BRELS) * Environmental Hearings Office (EHO) * Executive Ethics Board (ETHICS) * Expenditure Limit Committee (ELC) * Extension Energy Program (ENERGY) * Family Policy Council (FPC) * Financial Management, Office of (OFM) * Fish and Wildlife, Department of (DFW) * Forest Practices Appeals Board (FPAB) * Forest Practices Board (FPB) * Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB) * Fruit Commission (FRUIT) * Gambling Commission, Washington State (WSGC) * General Administration, Department of (GA) * Geographic Information Council, Washington State (WAGIC) * Geographic Names, Washington State Board on (WBGN) * Governor, Office of the (GOVERNOR) * Governor's Office of Indian Affairs (GOIA) * Grain Commission (WGC) * Growth Management Hearings Boards (GMBH) * Hardwoods Commission (WHC) * Health Care Authority, Washington State (HCA) * Health Care Facilities Authority (WHCFA) * Health, Washington State Board of (SBOH) * Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) * Higher Education Facilities Authority (WHEFA) * Hispanic Affairs, Washington State Commission on (CHA) * Historical Society, Eastern Washington State (WSHSEAST) * History Museum, State (WSHS) * Home Care Referral Registry (HCRR) * Horse Racing Commission, Washington State (WHRC) * House of Representatives, Washington State (HOUSE) * Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) * Human Rights Commission (HRC) * Hydraulics Appeals Board (HAB) * Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (SRB) * Industrial Insurance Appeals, Board of (BIIA) * Information Services, Department of (DIS) * Insurance Commissioner, Office of the (OIC) * Investment Board, Washington State (SIB) * Jail Industries Board (JIB) * Joint Transportation Committee (JTC) * Judicial Conduct, Commission on (CJC) * K-20 Education Network (K20) * Labor Relations Office (LABOR) * Land Commissioner, Office of the (CPL) * Land Use Study Commission (LANDUSE) * Landscape Architects, Board of Registration for (BRLA) * Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters' Plan 2 Retirement Board (LEOFF) * Law Library, State (SLL) * Legislative Ethics Board (LEB) * Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee (LEAP) * Legislature Customer Service Center (LEGCS) * Legislature, State (LEG) * Library, State (LIB) * Licensing, Department of (DOL) * Lieutenant Governor, Office of (LTGOV) * Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) * Lottery, Washington State (LOTTERY) * Marine Employees Commission (MAR)
Medical Commission
(WMC) * Minority and Justice Commission, State (MJC) * Minority and Women's Business Enterprises, Office of (OMWBE) * Monitoring Salmon Recovery and Watershed Health, Forum on (MSRWH) * National and Community Service, Commission for (WCNCS) * Northwest Cherries (CHERRY) * Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) * Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC) * Ombudsman, Office of the Education (OEO) * Ombudsman, Office of the Family and Children's (OFCO) * Ombudsman, Open Government (OGO) * Parks and Recreation Commission, State (PARKS) * Pension Policy, Select Committee on (SCPP) * Personnel Resources Board (PRB) * Personnel, Department of (DOP) * Pesticide Registration, State Commission on (WSCPR) * Pharmacy, Board of (BOP) * Pilotage Commissioners, Board of (PILOTAGE) * Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) * Pollution Liability Insurance Agency, Washington State (PLIA) * Potato Commission (POTATO) * Printing, Department of (PRT) * Productivity Board (PB) * Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) * Psychology, Board of (PSYCH) * Public Defense, Office of (OPD) * Public Deposit Protection Commission (PDPC) * Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) * Public Employees Benefits Board Program (PEBB) * Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) * Public Instruction, Office of Superintendent of (OSPI) * Public Policy, Washington State Institute for (WSIPP) * Public Works Board (PWB) * Puget Sound Partnership (PSP) * Real Estate Appraiser Commission (REAC) * Real Estate Commission (REC) * Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) * Red Raspberry Commission (RASP) * Redistricting Committee, State (RDC) * Regulatory Assistance, Office of (ORA) * Revenue, Department of (DOR) * Salaries for Elected Officials, Citizens Commission on (WCCSEO) * Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) * Salmon Recovery Office, Governor's (GSRO) * School Directors' Association, State (WSSDA) * Secretary of State, Office of the (SECSTATE) * Seed Potato Commission (SEED) * Senate, Washington State (SENATE) * Sentencing Guidelines Commission (SGC) * Shorelines Hearings Board (SHB) * Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute (SIRTI) * State Convention & Trade Center (CTC) * State Fire Marshal, Office of the (FIRE) * State Patrol, Washington (WSP) * Substance Abuse, Governor's Council on (CSA) * Supreme Court (SC) * Tax Appeals, Board of (BTA) * Tax Preferences, Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of (PMTP)
Tobacco Settlement Authority (TOB)
* Traffic Records Committee (TRC) * Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) * Transportation Commission, State (STC) * Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) * Treasurer, Office of the State (OST) * Tree Fruit Research Commission (TREE) * TVW, Public Affairs Network (TVW) * Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) * Veterans Affairs, Department of (DVA) * Volunteer Firefighters & Reserve Officers, Board for (BVFF) * Washington Wellness (WW) * Wine Commission (WINE) * Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board (WFTECB)

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