The state of Washington has launched a new online funding portal, FundHubWA, intended to raise awareness of existing funding for projects relating to energy efficiency, clean energy, and climate resiliency.

King County, Wash., is working with IGNTD, a personalized online addiction recovery system and support community, to provide access to IGNTD’s virtual substance use recovery system and support community to King County Jail Health Services’ Release Coordinators and the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) to benefit prison inmates during reentry to society. 

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has appointed 18 members to the newly created Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force in the Attorney General’s Office.

The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has launched two new tech-enabled initiatives – the Real-Time Crime Center and CameraConnect DC – which are both intended to fight crime and help the MPD apprehend criminals.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced the appointment of Aaron Wheeler to serve as director of the Washington State Broadband Office (WSBO) within the state’s Department of Commerce.

Though State of Washington CIO Bill Kehoe doesn’t lament his lack of operational responsibilities in that position, that makes his collaboration strategy all the more impressive.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved $195.7 million in funding for high-speed internet projects in Washington state as part of the Capital Projects Fund (CPF) in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan.

The nonprofit Results for America has recognized eight states – Colorado, Minnesota, Tennessee, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, Utah, and Connecticut – for their achievements in using data-driven and evidence-based policymaking to “accelerate economic mobility, advance equity, and deliver better results for their residents.”

The state of Washington’s Department of Labor (DoL) confirmed that it detected “suspicious activity” during the week of Jan. 24 indicating a cyberattack targeting the state’s professional and occupational license data.

The Washington state Senate passed a data privacy bill Feb. 14 that would give consumers greater access to and control over their personal data.