WaTech in the News

Here's an open dataset on broadband speed tests. It's from the mLab group, part of New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute. They have an open API, but for demo purposes, I used the web interface to compare Washington broadband speeds to some US and foreign areas that I think are similar.

Australia has a network landscape a lot like ours - lots of rural areas around a…

DSHS publishes current and complete locations of state-licensed nursing homes, assisted living facilities and adult family homes. They can be found by subject matter on the geospatial services portal, or on the agency's new open data portal page. You can search and download the data in tabular form on the agency's website.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched a new website to reduce the risk of ransomware and help organizations enhance network defenses and be more aware and prepared to deal with malicious cyber actors.

StopRansomware.gov includes information about the critical steps that should be taken to respond to and…

Vinod Brahmapuram, the state Chief Information Security Officer, appeared on TVW's news show The Impact to discuss his views on information security and the role WaTech's state Office of Cybersecurity plays in securing the personal information of Washington residents entrusted to the state. You can view the show on the TVW web site.

Work session on Open Data and the Public Records Act in the House State Government committee on 7/12/2016. The Open Data briefing is a StoryMap, available online here: https://arcg.is/29v3x3W

Other presentations are here: Electronic Bill Book

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