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Government Technology magazine recently published a nice article highlighting our open data planning dashboard.

This is the dashboard/chart view of our list of agencies with published open data plans in progress:

Open Data Planning Maturity

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Basically an apps contest is a publicity event that focuses talent and energy to support a worthy technical cause.

The principal resources needed are talent, time and coolness.

Talent: the principal forms of talent are participants, evangelists and mentors

Mentors are typically mature…

License eXpress was the first product delivered by the first Scrum team at Department of Licensing. Building on the success of that first Scrum team in 2012, Licensing now has over 60 IT staff participating on 10 Scrum teams. Instead of dissolving at the end of a project, the teams stay intact pulling in new projects and work. Products of the teams include: improved Firearm licensing system…

BELLINGHAM - Students might be surprised by the variety of careers available in the public sector and should strongly consider working for government, state Chief Information Security Officer Vinod Brahmapuram told a cybersecurity class this week.

The state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS) made a daylong visit at Western Washington University on Feb. 19. OCS was there to congratulate a…

It's summer vacation time again and travelers are busy packing cell phones, tablets and other connected devices into their luggage along with sunscreen and books.

Please keep in mind that cyber criminals are waiting for you to go on vacation as well.

They troll social media sites to learn who is traveling and left their home unoccupied. They also tap public Wi-Fi networks…