Washingotn's Public Works Board is starting work on a significant new broadband funding program, enacted by the legislature in 2019. Will Saunders presented "Broadband 101 - History and Data" for the board members at the Board's regular meeting on 10/4.
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An important new policy and standard have been adopted and are now published and available for use. The policy is called the Commonly Used Software Product Retirement Policy and it is used in conjunction with the standard, called the Commonly Used Software Product Standard.
This policy is intended to promote agency awareness of and emphasis on commonly used software product…
2014 Recognition Awards: NASCIO Honors Outstanding Information Technology Achievements
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) was presented the 2014 award for Outstanding IT Achievement in the Digital Government to Business category by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) in Nashville on September 29th at the annual NASCIO awards…
Dear Washingtonians!
Each day seems to bring news of cyberattacks across the country, from ransomware to identity theft, that cause disruptions in service and enormous financial losses. Yet we still underestimate the true threat.
The most recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report had an interesting statistic that demonstrates this point. The study found that only four…
That valentine that just arrived in your email may not be what it seems.
According to a recent report from the SANS Internet Storm Center, there's a new malware campaign carrying ransomware with subject lines that include "Always thinking about you" and "I love you."
The emails have attachments that all start with "Love_you." Opening the attachments will infect the users'…