WaTech in the News

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

Dear Washingtonians!

I wish everyone a safe, healthy and happy New Year. There is much to look forward to in the coming months, including the promise of vaccinations and a new normal.

Without question, 2020 was a horrendous year and I'm glad to see it in the rearview mirror. COVID-19 has had a huge impact on all of our lives and resulted in significant changes in how we do…

The Office of CyberSecurity's escape room challenges players to work as a team to find hidden clues and solve a series of puzzles within 25 minutes. The purpose of the competition is to heighten awareness about common bad practices many people fall into when it comes to securing their digital information. This year's escape room offers a different look and new puzzles to solve.

The…

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:

Agency Contracts with vendors active in 2014

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

Contarcts by Agency 2014 -…

NASCIO-award nominated project by Washington State Ferries (WSF) helps riders navigate ferry schedules. Know Before You Go Somewhere -- an easy way for ferry riders traveling in their vehicles to check for space availability of upcoming ferry departures -- was nominated for the Information Communications Technology (ICT) Innovations accolade in the 2014 State IT Recognition Awards…