The City of Seattle is enabling higher capacity wireless networks in Seattle through interdepartmental cooperation and collaboration between the City and the cellular industry. The City has worked with our industry partners for over two years to accelerate the expansion of ultrafast fifth-generation (“5G”) wireless services throughout Seattle. According to… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle’s 2024 Digital Equity Grant cycle is now open for non-profits and community groups working to close the digital divide in our communities. Applications can be submitted starting at noon on Monday, September 18, 2023, through the City’s grant system, FLUXX portal. The 2024 digital equity grants… [ Keep reading ]
Grant funding for organizations passionate about closing the digital divide in their community are eligible for one of the City’s digital equity grants. The next grant cycle opens Monday, September 18 at noon. Interested parties can learn more about the process tomorrow night at a virtual meeting at the City’s… [ Keep reading ]
We will have knowledge experts in five categories We have more news about the upcoming 2023 Seattle IT Vendor Forum. It’s set to take place on Tuesday, September 19 at Seattle City Hall’s Bertha Knight Landes conference room from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. We’ll have a program to tell… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle.gov website is the gateway to digital interactions with the City of Seattle. The Digital Engagement Team developed the website’s About Our Digital Properties section to provide transparency into City practices. We display analytics about the website and explain the City’s approach to all public-facing web applications. The goal… [ Keep reading ]
Calling all technology companies that are interested in working with the City of Seattle! Join us at the 2023 Vendor Forum at Seattle City Hall and meet us face-to-face for the first time since 2019. Like many in-person events, our Vendor Forum has been on hiatus during the pandemic. Now… [ Keep reading ]
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The City of Seattle has been working to close the digital divide for more than 25 years. So, when the Workforce Development Council (WDC) received nearly a million dollars in funding from the Washington Department of Commerce to help bridge the digital equity gap, a partnership with the City came… [ Keep reading ]
The City of Seattle received $393,200 to help connect Seattle residents to reliable, affordable high-speed internet. The funding stems from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program. Connecting all communities across the United States to high-speed internet is central to President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to… [ Keep reading ]
It’s been a big year for artificial intelligence (AI) so far. After the research laboratory Open AI released a preview of the AI chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022, public familiarity with AI software began to rise sharply. Tech companies scrambled to capitalize on the moment. By the end of February 2023, Microsoft… [ Keep reading ]
