This is the first Presidential Election that King County has voted all by mail. Voters are reminded to turn ballots into ballot drop boxes before 8 pm on November 6 or make sure the ballot is postmarked November 6 or earlier. If you’re a new voter and you haven’t registered yet, it’s

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Winners of the Evergreen Apps Challenge will be named on October 1, 2012, at Seattle City Hall. Mayor Mike McGinn and King County Executive Dow Constantine will kick off  the event with $75,000 in prizes  awarded for the best new civic apps, including two people’s choice awards. The people’s choice awards will

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The State of Washington, King County, and the City of Seattle are alerting local applications developers that the deadline for submitting apps to the Evergreen Apps Challenge is only one week away. Eligible entries should be submitted before 5 pm PST on Thursday, Sept 6. The Challenge is open to people who

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Wednesday, August 22, at 7 p.m. is Ask The Mayor on the Seattle Channel. Got a burning question?   Here’s how to get your question to Mayor McGinn: Call 206-684-8821 during the live show from 7-8 p.m. on Wed., Aug. 22. Email: askthemayor@seattle.gov Submit a question online: seattlechannel.org/AskTheMayor Twitter: @SeattleChannel Facebook: facebook.com/SeattleChannel  

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Application developers, entrepreneurs, designers and students who are interested  the Evergreen Apps Challenge and government data are invited to take a ferry ride from Seattle to Bremerton and work on their entries.  Geeks on a Ferry will take place August 14 from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. aboard a Washington State Ferry

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The Department of Information Technology has awarded the 2012 Communities Online Boost Grant to 15 Seattle organizations.   Funds of up to $1000 per organization were used to help enhance the use of online tools for community building and civic engagement. Congratulations to the following organizations awarded Boost Grants for 2012: 206 Zulu

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This week the City of Seattle and the Washington State Council on Digital Inclusion submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on proposed changes in rules that would expand telephone support programs to include broadband deployment and adoption. Comments support the FCC’s desire to use savings from the Lifeline Program/Universal Services

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Hackers Get Access to N.J. School Data System By Robert McMillan | January 24, 2011 07:40 PM ET IDG News Service - Users of the 4chan online message board managed to get access to the online student information system used by a New Jersey school district after the school's administrative password was

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All Forms of Fraud Will Continue to Strike Banking Institutions in 2011 December 27, BankInfoSecurity.com – (National) Fraud in all its forms will continue to strike banking institutions across all channels in 2011. And until banks and credit unions increase their investments in analytics and channel integration, they will continue to suffer

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Multiple “highly critical” security holes in RealNetworks’ RealPlayer software could expose millions of computer users to remote code execution attacks. According to an advisory from Secunia, these flaws can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system.  This RealNetworks security notice details seven different vulnerabilities affecting Windows RealPlayer SP 1.1.4 and

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