Managers at King County's Department of Development and Environmental Services apparently believe their employees are as unruly as fourth-graders. In a recent memo on workplace safety, the agency has compiled a list of forbidden activities:

· running

· slouching in your chair

· storing heavy objects above your head

· moving furniture without proper authorization

· entering unsafe areas

· walking over cardboard or plywood without knowing what is underneath

· not reporting all violent encounters that occur in the field

No word yet on what will happen to employees if they talk out of turn, chew gum, or get up to sharpen their pencils without permission. NANCY DREW

FBI High

"Columbine 4-20, Garfield 00." This menacing message was spray-painted on the walls of the Central District's Garfield High School last week. The alarming graffiti prompted school officials to "furnish information" to the FBI, says Bill Southern, spokesman for the Seattle school district. Apparently in anticipation of the April 20th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, Garfield and other high schools around the country have been getting plastered with threatening graffiti. The Seattle school district is taking it very seriously, and has responded in full force. In addition to the FBI's involvement, e-mail messages were sent by the district to all schools, reminding them of the anniversary and asking them to take special precautions. Garfield High School has responded by beefing up their police presence and conducting meetings with students about what to do if an intruder is in the school. Though most schools are confident nothing will happen, Garfield Assistant Principal Fred Bannister is hoping the graffiti is not a "pre-event twist on an ongoing theme" of school violence. PAT KEARNEY

Boeing Bombs

In 1998, Boeing agreed to sponsor a program created by Sun Innovations, a Puget Sound company that tries to help minority- and women-owned contracting firms get corporate jobs. The deal was that Boeing would award contracts to these under-represented businesses selected and trained by Sun. In return, Boeing would be eligible for thousands of dollars in tax deductions. However, Boeing has provided Sun clients with just $2.8 million in contracts, $13.2 million less than Sun President Randy Fetters told the industrial giant it would take to keep the program afloat. Boeing did not return phone calls. ALLIE HOLLY-GOTTLIEB