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City of Seattle offers funding to increase digital equity
The City of Seattle invites community organizations and nonprofits to apply for grants up to $50,000 each to help make Seattle a more digitally equitable community. The City seeks applications for...
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Seattle issues rule to strengthen broadband privacy for consumers
Notice of City of Seattle Information Technology Department Director’s Rule 2017-01. Seattle Information Technology Department (ITD) is establishing ITD Director’s Rule 2017-01. This Rule applies to...
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Seattle IT Broadband Privacy Directors Rule Q&A
Today, the City of Seattle issued Seattle IT rule 2017-01 requiring the City’s key internet service providers to obtain permission from their customers before selling web browsing history and...
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Mayor Murray to strengthen broadband privacy rules in Seattle
Today, Mayor Ed Murray took steps to protect the privacy of Seattle’s internet users. Mayor Murray directed the implementation of a Seattle IT rule, which requires the City’s key internet service...
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Seattle IT moves to the cloud
An article on cloud storage in GovTech Today features Seattle IT Chief Technology Officer Michael Mattmiller. The article predicts that even though cloud growth will crest soon, state, county and local...
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Seattle IT, meet Ada Developers Academy. A perfect match.
Since February of this year, Seattle IT has had the privilege of working with its first group of interns from Ada Developers Academy. For those who don’t know, Ada Developers Academy is a Seattle-based...
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Cloud Computing: Essential but challenging
An expert panel on the challenges and opportunities of public sector cloud computing featured Seattle IT Chief Technology Officer Michael Mattmiller. The panel was part of the Amazon Web Services...
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City of Seattle Hires Ginger Armbruster as Chief Privacy Officer
Chief Privacy Officer Ginger Armbruster The City of Seattle selected Ginger Armbruster as the City’s Chief Privacy Officer. The Chief Privacy Officer will help the City implement and enforce practices...
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Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
July 12, 2017 –The internet is the utility of the 21st century. It brings access to education, economic opportunities, and ultimately an improved quality of life. For more than twenty years the City...
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City of Seattle Signs Net Neutrality Letter and Joins Other Cities in Protest
Today, Mayor Ed Murray joined mayors of Boston, New York and San Francisco in sending a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, encouraging him to keep the internet open....
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Seattle Information Technology recognized at NATOA Awards in Seattle
Pictured from left to right: Brian Roberts, Jose Vasquez, Delia Burke, Jim Loter, Chance Hunt, Vicky Yuki, Derrick Hall, David Keyes, Chris Alejana, Gabriel Garcia Big honors were given out to Seattle...
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City for All hackathon is a hit
Pandora for Streets/Smellevation Maps Team The City for All hackathon was a big civic hit over the weekend. Nine teams competed for recognition and prizes at City Hall’s Bertha Knight Landes room. The...
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Seattle issues rule to strengthen broadband privacy for consumers
Notice of City of Seattle Information Technology Department Director’s Rule 2017-01. Seattle Information Technology Department (ITD) is establishing ITD Director’s Rule 2017-01. This Rule applies to...
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Seattle Information Technology recognized at NATOA Awards in Seattle
Pictured from left to right: Brian Roberts, Jose Vasquez, Delia Burke, Jim Loter, Chance Hunt, Vicky Yuki, Derrick Hall, David Keyes, Chris Alejana, Gabriel Garcia Big honors were given out to Seattle...
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Secure Your Passwords
by Andrew Whitaker Stories of identity theft and data breaches are all too common in our headlines these days. If the cybersecurity headlines of 2018 were put in a book, every page would reveal a...
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Tech Talk Tuesday: Bringing Transparency to Our Digital Properties
The reality of providing online content in 2019 is that all visitors to our public website have distinct needs and abilities. As a local government, the City of Seattle is responsible for providing...
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Tech Talk Tuesday: Using Data to Improve the Health of Seattle’s Open Data...
With 30 departments represented across more than 250 open datasets (and counting), the City of Seattle’s Open Data inventory has grown significantly since data.seattle.gov was launched in 2010. While...
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Tech Talk Tuesday: Vendor Forum Offers Window into City and County Technology...
2018 Vendor Forum Seattle Information Technology (Seattle IT) and King County Information Technology (KCIT) are jointly hosting their annual IT Vendor Forum this Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Seattle’s...
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Tech Talk Tuesday: Summer webinars offer tips on building to meet demand for...
More than half of Seattleites live in apartments, condominiums and townhomes, known as multiple-dwelling-units or MDUs. And permitting records show nearly 81 percent of Seattle’s new housing builds...
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2020 Census is first high-tech count, what’s at stake?
When the next United States Census arrives in April 2020, it will be the nation’s first high-tech count, with residents encouraged to primarily respond to the census survey online. We now live in a...
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