written makes it difficult to ascertain the specific purpose of the database.
             • It describes several specific tasks. Two issues arise when a mission statement is written in this manner. First, the description of the tasks does nothing to define the specific purpose of the database. Second, the statement somehow appears to be incomplete. It seems to beg the question: "Are there any tasks we've forgotten to include in the mission statement?"
             You can fix this mission statement by removing the references to specific tasks (be sure to save them for the next step), and rewriting the statement. Here is an example of one of the possible ways you could rewrite this mission statement.
             "The purpose of the Whatcom County Hearing Examiner's database is to maintain the data we use in support of the services this office provides to the citizens of this county."
             Notice how the purpose of the database has become much clearer in this version. Also note that
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