Aging and Disability Services (ADS) is seeking community input to guide their funding priorities. Residents of all ages, and especially people age 60+, adults with disabilities, and family caregivers, are invited to complete an online questionnaire, which is posted at the ADS website, www.agingkingcounty.org. For more information about the Area… [ Keep reading ]
A new calendar and resource directory for the South Park neighborhood site was built during a Seattle data camp and they integrate with the Seattle.gov city calendar and Socrata open data platform.
In response to the tragic earthquake and tsunami, we’ve assembled some links to help families find relatives and friends in Japan, as well as links for relief information and sources for up-to-date information. You can find these at http://www.seattle.gov/html/citizen/japanrelief.htm.
Our three Code for America fellows finished up their on-the-ground research here in Seattle and are settling back in at CfA’s San Francisco headquarters. During the month of February, Chach Sikes, Alan Palazzolo, and Anna Bloom completed over 60 interviews with civic leaders, City staff, and community members. They worked… [ Keep reading ]
The federal broadband map is a start at showing broad gaps in coverage, but is far from telling the story of real speed, cost, actual service availability and upload capacity. A study published by the The Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of Communications raises a significant issues of “Do Low-Income Households Get Slow Broadband by Design?”
Starting in Jan, 2011, the Coalition of Refugees from Burma’s Mobile Computer Literacy Training team began delivering computer literacy training to newly arrived refugees from Burma in languages understood by refugees. The CRB provides weekly computer literacy training. Three hour long computer literacy classes are held in Tukwila on Saturdays… [ Keep reading ]
New site makes it easier to do business with the City of Seattle. Personalize your site at My.Seattle.Gov.
Online survey and questionnaire about future of public access TV
Please share your vision, opinions and suggestions on the future of public access television in Seattle. An online survey and questionnaire are available until January 21, 2011, at http://www.seattle.gov/cable/publicaccesstv.htm Thank you for participating!
See the results of a Technology Matching Fund Electronic Civic Engagement project, which brought together limited English speaking elders and youth in the International District to use pda’s, community mapping, and photojournalism as tools to raise voices and foster discussion about the current status and future development needs of the… [ Keep reading ]
