WaTech in the News

On January 11, 2016, the Governor directed agencies to ensure the existence of appropriate and accountable governance for critical systems so that priority issues are given priority attention. In response to the directive, agencies were required to submit attestations about their critical systems. The material below contains the attestation information as reported by the agencies.

The County Road Administration Board (CRAB) publishes annual performance and project data on road projects around the state. Currently their dashboard summarizes and offers for download about 2,759,728 records from the agency's own staff and drawn from the following other state programs:

Department of Ecology

Municipal Storm Water

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Dear Washingtonians!

I loved the theme for this year's International Women's Day - "Choose to Challenge."

The opening paragraph on International Women's Day website could not be more powerful: "A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So let's all choose to challenge. How will you help forge a gender equal world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise…

Public and private organizations across the country are falling victim to ransomware that is interrupting services. Costs to recover data and restore systems can quickly spiral into the millions.

Ransomware encrypts files on computer hard drives, making them impossible for users to access. Bad actors usually demand a ransom payment in Bitcoin in return for a key that might, or might…

The State of WA publishes a variety of large datasets on government contracts that are often of interest to transparency advocates and the civic tech community. Here are a couple of examples that deserve more attention:

(data provided by WA Dept of Enterprise Services - click here for the table)