Using GIS as the Information Backbone for Effective Decision Making.pdf

GASB 34 - http://www.gasb.org/repmodel/gasb34resources_main.html
PACP - http://www.nassco.org/
Cityworks - http://www.cityworks.com/
Penn State Geospatial Revolution - http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/

Statewide GIS Data Sources
WA State Geographic Information Council - http://wagic.wa.gov/
WA State Geospatial Data Archive - http://wagda.lib.washington.edu/
Pacific Northwest Hydrography Framework - http://hydro.reo.gov/index.html
WA State Geospatial Clearinghouse - http://metadata.gis.washington.edu/
WA State Dept of Ecology - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/GIS/data/data.htm
Office of Financial Management - http://www.ofm.wa.gov/geographic/default.asp
WSDOT - http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/geodatacatalog/default.htm
WA State Dept of Nat. Resources - http://fortress.wa.gov/
WA State Department of Health - http://ww4.doh.wa.gov/gis/gisdata.htm

Puget Sound Data Sources
Puget Sound Regional Council - http://psrc.org/data/index.htm
Puget Sound Lidar Consortium - http://pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu/
King County GIS - http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/gis.aspx
Pierce County GIS - http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/is/gis.htm
Snohomish County GIS -http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/
Kitsap County GIS - http://www.kitsapgov.com/gis/
Skagit County GIS-http://www.skagitcounty.net/

Other
USGS – The National Map Seamless Server - http://seamless.usgs.gov/index.php
US Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles/national-files