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Mayor/Council announce $300k in community tech awards

Mayor Mike McGinn and the City Council jointly announced today that 24 Seattle community organizations will receive a total of $300,000 in Technology Matching Fund grants to promote access, job skills, education, and civic engagement.  See the press release about these great community projects with links to a map and… [ Keep reading ]

Free Seminar from Idealware

Interested in a free seminar through Idealware? On Thursday, July 29, from 1 to 2:30 (Eastern time), Idealware is conducting a free webinar where you and your organization can learn about affordable ways to help your network use technology more effectively. Click here to register and/or learn more about this… [ Keep reading ]

2010 Tech Matching Fund Awards Moved through Council

2010 and 2009 Technology Matching Fund grantees filled City Council Chambers in a show of support of CB 116919, which authorizes $300,000 to support technology programs, staffing and equipment in Seattle. For the video clip of the Seattle City Council briefing on July 21, where representatives from over 20 organizations… [ Keep reading ]

Green Computing

Have you spent much time wondering about green computing?  No, it is not taking your iPad with you to the Irish pub on St. Patricks day.  A good technology operations manager has to live and breathe green computing 24 hours a day.   We have to understand the implications to power and cooling… [ Keep reading ]

Tech Boss Banter

Welcome to Tech Boss Banter,  part of the Department of Information Technology’s Tech Talk blog.   Join us for a light-hearted view of technology management through the eyes of Department of Information Technology employee, Deb Schlenker,  Director – Computing Services.     With any luck it will be informative, thought provoking and fun!

Change

Change.    You can’t live with it and you can’t live without it.  Kind of like your smartphone, laptop, parents, spouses, children. . . well you get the point. However in the workplace you do have to live with change.  Changes can include a new technology, a new business process, a… [ Keep reading ]

Job Postings link

We will post current information security jobs we are aware of here.

Vulnerability in Windows Help and Support Center

New vulnerability in Help and Support Center is very dangerous and being exploited in the wild.

CTTAB June Agenda Now Available

The June agenda of the CTTAB monthly meeting are now available here. Also available are commitee reports, changes to committees and descriptions.

Wiki Tips & Tricks: Page Templates

Did you know that you can build a page once — just once — and then use that same page over and over in your wiki without building it again? Page templates can be a great way to save time and effort. Learn more about page templates. This tip originally… [ Keep reading ]