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Live Town Hall: Privacy Politics – April 22nd
Are we losing control of our digital privacy? While surveillance and information technologies have developed rapidly, privacy laws have not kept pace. City of Seattle leaders are pursuing a new privacy...
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Wave Cable Customers – Save the Date June 8
The City’s Office of Cable and Broadband invites Wave cable customers to a community meeting to give your input on Wave’s performance as a cable service provider. Wave’s current franchise with the...
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Remembering Charles Benton, honoring media and tech diversity
Charles Benton passed away April 29th. He was an important film distributor and philanthropist. Charles was also a huge champion of participatory and open democracy and public policies that supported...
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CodeDay Seattle: An Invitation to students May 23-24
CodeDay Seattle is a 24-hour programming marathon (or hackathon) for students from middle school to graduate school. Come to Zillow’s new headquarters in downtown to hang out with friends, meet new...
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PSO intern bloggers address homelessness
This spring, PugetSoundOff.org welcomed seven Seattle youth, ages 14-18, into an eight-week internship program. During the program, these intern bloggers learned about media literacy, digital...
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Seattle part of White House’s new Police Data Initiative
Seattle Police Department already utilizes open data. Now, President Obama has announced the Police Data Initiative, based on recommendations from his Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Seattle is...
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Meet Director of Digital Engagement Kendee Yamaguchi
After an extensive interview process, the City of Seattle has a new Director of Digital Engagement: Kendee Yamaguchi. Kendee brings with her a very impressive resume, having worked in federal and state...
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Code Day Seattle for Youth a success
The report is in from the organizers: CodeDay Seattle was an absolute success! Seventy-eight students, ranging from middle-schoolers to those in their final years of college, convened at the Russell...
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FCC seeks public comment on ‘Lifeline’ assistance for broadband
On June 18. 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its intent to restructure the Lifeline low-income telephone assistance program. Currently the Lifeline program provides a discount...
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New Deputy CTO Brings a Wealth of Corporate Experience
For the last seven years, Will Schoentrup has been the Vice President of IT for Sur La Table. He oversaw all aspects of strategic IT planning, implementation and support for 120 national locations, 55...
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TMF success: UW Women’s Center’s Making Connections
In this issue of Brainstorm, you read about this year’s TMF Awards. Have you ever wondered what happens to the money? We wanted to take a look back and see how a past recipient utilized its...
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Back to school on a budget
In today’s world, not having technology readily available is a major disadvantage, especially for children who will lag behind because of it. According to the Council of Economic Advisers, roughly 55...
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Seattle chosen as part of “What Works”
The City of Seattle is a leader in utilizing Open Data. Websites like data.seattle.gov and performance.seattle.gov have demonstrated the City’s commitment and effective use of open data resources....
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Social Justice Hackathon November 6 at Seattle University
At least 80 percent of the legal needs of the poor and two-thirds of the legal needs of middle income Americans are not met. Seattle University’s Social Justice Hackathon will unite the legal and tech...
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More rights for Seattle’s cable customers
Spread the word! Cable customers in Seattle have additional rights under the City’s Cable Customer Bill of Rights (CCBOR). The Office of Cable Communications (OCC) has a new leaflet to help alert cable...
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City rolls out innovative privacy program
The City of Seattle is implementing its groundbreaking Privacy Initiative by distributing a toolkit to City departments on how to incorporate these principles into daily operations. “Seattle is leading...
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Seeking Tech Advisory Board Members
Help guide Seattle’s digital future. The City of Seattle is looking for volunteers to join the Community Technology Advisory Board (CTAB). We welcome diversity. You do not need to be a techie to care...
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Ready to Work: A new program for Seattle’s immigrant and refugees
Ready to Work participants celebrating completion of their summer 2015 classes Many immigrant and refugee Seattleites must improve their English language skills in order to find a good quality job....
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Seattle tech advisory board elects 2015 officers
At the November meeting of the City of Seattle Community Technology Advisory Board (CTAB), the members elected Amy Hirotaka as Board Chair and Jose Vasquez to be the Vice Chair for 2016. The Board and...
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Seattle picked for Code for America fellowship program
Code for America announced new partnerships with six local governments for the 2016 Code for America Fellowship Program. The governments are: Seattle, Washington; Kansas City, Missouri; Long Beach,...
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