A New Way to Work

For the New Century

As a result of several years’ work by you

and your co-workers, we have...

SKIES

• SKIES is an evolving application.

• It will never be finished.

SKIES uses a central data repository that allows

cooperating agencies to work together for the betterment of employers and

jobseekers.

• The information is stored on servers in Olympia.

• Each SKIES user can interact with the information from anywhere in Washington via the Internet.

Major Feature Categories

• Functions as a Management Information System for many Programs.

• Assessment Results

• Skills Inventory

• Employment Plan

• Collaborative Case Notes

Major Feature Categories

• Case Management

• Job Order Management

• Job Matching

• Employer Service Coordination

• Referral Management

Major Feature Categories

• Appointment Scheduling

• Mail Merge Letters/Certificates/Email messages

• Query and Reports

SKIES collects and displays confidential information of thousands of employers,

providers and job seekers.

PrivacyMust be Protected

Interaction with SKIESis over the Internet

• It uses a special security method called “secure sockets layer (SSL)” to prevent interception by normal hackers.

• Each user has a secret password.

SKIES Security• Disclosure of this confidential

information is against the law, with a possible personal penalty of $5,000 per incident. (RCW 50.13) Additional penalties are authorized.

• You are personally responsible for all actions performed by any computer that is logged in under your account.

• Each action is logged, recording the user’s login ID.

Protect yourselfand SKIES information

• Lock your monitor or log out of SKIES when leaving your computer.

• Don’t leave the information of others on your screen when meeting with someone in your office.

• Don’t share your login and password with a co-worker or anyone else.

• Certainly don’t leave it lying around or on a ‘post-it’ note, etc.

Protect yourselfand SKIES information

If you suspect that your password has been compromised, immediately change your password.

Qualifications for every SKIES user

• Is currently an employee of a SKIES-qualified organization which… – Has signed a Memorandum of

Understanding or – Is under a service contract with the

local WDC. – Has signed a SKIES Data Sharing

Agreement.

Qualifications for every SKIES user

• Has completed SKIES training (on all user features).

• Has signed an Notice of Non-Disclosure.

SKIES Security Roles

• Each SKIES user account is assigned one or more security roles by Management.

• A role limits the effect one may have on SKIES data.

• If the role(s) assigned to you inhibits your work, immediately notify your Supervisor.

SKIES is our new WORK

ENVIRONMENT

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