The LCB has a very cool, regularly updated dashboard showing the importance of cannabis to Washington.
For example, you can see that daily sales have more than doubled between January and June 2015.
Even better for the Open Data nerds out there...the seed-to-sale traceability system that supports some of the dashboard functions has documented API's for interacting with…
A serious security flaw was identified on April 26 that affects all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). As a result, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is advising Americans not to use IE until a fix is found. Microsoft has confirmed that it is working to fix the code that allows IE versions 6 through 11 to be exploited by the vulnerability.
The security…
For many people in Washington state, and across the country, public Wi-Fi has become a digital lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Pew Research, more than one-in-four adults do not have broadband internet access and - with the closure of public gathering spaces including libraries and cafes - are increasingly going to areas where public signals are still available to…
This month's briefing from our colleagues at the Multi State Information Sharing and Analysis Center includes news about Microsoft using a court order to take down six websites associated with the nation-state cyber threat actor, Fancy Bear; and a federal jury convicting a man for DDoS attacks against hospitals:
Hacker convicted for DDoS attacks against hospitals
The DOJ found…
On 8/21/2017, the State Chief Information Officer published a memo providing information about the engaging the WaTech and OCIO in support of OFM's IT Budget Instructions for information technology. Please take time to read this memo and the related material if you are developing a decision package with an IT component.
