Archive for 'Technology'
Mayor Mike McGinn and Deputy Chief Nick Metz announced today that new "Predictive Policing" software will be deployed in all five precincts, and asked community members to get involved by reporting crimes proactively. The software has been used by police departments all over the nation to reduce crime through deep analysis of
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Posted: May 17th, 2013 under Community Engagement, Public Safety, Technology.
Leaders of Seattle’s startup community and the city of Seattle have teamed up to launch Startup Seattle, an initiative to support the growth of the Seattle technology startup community and establish Seattle as an internationally recognized home for emerging technology companies. Today, Mayor Mike McGinn hosted a press conference to announce
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Posted: May 9th, 2013 under Jobs, Mayor McGinn, SeaFi, Technology.
Local Irish Pub Mulleady’s recently signed up to receive an energy upgrade through the City’s energy efficiency upgrade program, Community Power Works. Magnolia business owner Travis Stanley Jones runs Mulleady’s Irish Pub on tight margins, and he has managed to stay mostly in the black through the long economic downturn. However, one
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Posted: March 15th, 2013 under Community Engagement, Jobs, Sustainability, Technology.
Tags: April Thomas
Mayor McGinn today delivered his 2013 State of the City address in Seattle City Council Chambers. He detailed indicators of a recovering local economy, building great neighborhoods, new efforts to improve early learning in Seattle, a plan to update the Neighborhood Policing Plan and work to build out Seattle's rail transit network.
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Posted: February 19th, 2013 under Budget, CCI, Education, Health, Human services, Immigrants & refugees, Jobs, Public Safety, Race and Social Justice, Speeches, Sustainability, Technology, Transportation.
Tags: April Thomas
Plan begins with demonstration fiber project in 12 Seattle neighborhoods SEATTLE (December 13, 2012) - Today Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced that the City of Seattle has reached an agreement with broadband developer Gigabit Squared to develop and operate an ultra high-speed fiber-to-the-home/fiber-to-the-business broadband network. The plan will begin with a demonstration
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Posted: December 13th, 2012 under Jobs, SeaFi, Technology.
This is a cross-post of a GeekWire article by Taylor Soper (@Taylor_Soper), originally posted on November 8th at 11:25 pm. [caption id="attachment_68089" align="alignright" width="384"] Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn speaks at Ignite 18.[/caption] When Seattle hosted the World's Fair 50 years ago, people predicted a 2012 full of flying cars and jetpacks. Of
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Posted: November 9th, 2012 under Mayor McGinn, Technology.
Mayor McGinn released a request for information (RFI) today to identify private parties who may be interested in using the excess capacity of the city of Seattle’s fiber optic cable network for providing high speed internet services and increasing competition among service providers. “We are moving ahead on expanding our next-generation infrastructure,
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Posted: October 1st, 2012 under Budget, Jobs, SeaFi, Technology.
Today at 2 PM in City Council Chambers, Mayor McGinn delivered his 2013-2014 Proposed Budget. There’s a lot of good news, from funds to hire more police officers to investments in high-capacity transit and more open hours for our community centers. We’ve put everything all in one place for you here on
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Posted: September 24th, 2012 under Arts and Nightlife, Budget, CCI, Community Engagement, Education, Health, Human services, Immigrants & refugees, Jobs, Mayor McGinn, Public Safety, Race and Social Justice, Speeches, Sustainability, Technology, Transportation.
Tags: April Thomas
Mayor McGinn today announced new investments in public safety as part of his 2013-14 Proposed Budget, including the hiring of 10 new police officers and the purchase of a gunshot locator system. McGinn’s budget also includes funding to invest in new in-car police video equipment and in data analysis. It also
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Posted: September 14th, 2012 under Budget, CCI, Public Safety, Technology.
Congratulations and big thanks to our Fleet Management Division which was recently recognized yet again as a leader in the field of fleet management. Last week I had the pleasure of accepting not one, but two national awards for fleet excellence on behalf of our City Fleet. Fleet Owner magazine recognized Seattle
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Posted: August 30th, 2012 under Mayor McGinn, Sustainability, Technology.
