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(b) Additional staff dedicated to the cyber and physical security 1 of election operations at the office and county election offices; 2 (c) Expanding security assessments, threat monitoring, enhanced 3 security training; and 4 (d) Providing grants to county partners to address identified 5 threats and expand existing grants and contracts with other public 6 and private organizations such as the Washington military department, 7 national guard, private companies providing cyber security, and 8 county election offices. 9 (16) $1,276,000 of the personnel service account—state 10 appropriation is provided solely for administration of the 11 productivity board established in chapter 41.60 RCW. The secretary of 12 state shall convene the first meeting of the board by September 1, 13 2022. By June 30, 2023, the board must provide the legislature and 14 all other state agencies with a topical list of all productivity 15 awards granted in fiscal year 2023 for the purpose of providing 16 agencies with the opportunity to adopt or modify for agency use the 17 suggestions identified by awardees. 18 (17) $405,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund— 19 federal appropriation is provided solely for TVW equipment upgrades, 20 including new encoders and router cards, and a refresh of its 21 robotics system. 22 (18) $55,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 23 year 2023 is provided solely for upgrading technology and usefulness 24 of a conference room in the main office of the secretary of state 25 with modern telecommunications tools and technology and increasing 26 privacy. 27 (19) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 28 year 2023 is provided solely for implementing a voter registration 29 system in conjunction with the department of licensing, department of 30 social and health services, health benefit exchange, and county 31 election officials by December 31, 2023, that uses information and 32 documentation already presented by eligible agency customers to 33 automatically transmit information necessary for voter registration 34 and voter registration updates, and enables applicants to make a 35 decision about voter registration and any necessary corrections by 36 returning a notice mailed by election officials. The proposal shall 37 consider upgraded systems implemented in Colorado and other states to 38 enact this change in their voter registration system in 2022. 39 p. 735 ESSB 5187.SL