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Seattle mayor wants city to test new safety tech that could curb gun violence, stolen vehicles

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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell spoke at the GeekWire Summit in 2021. Harrell released his 2024 budget proposal Tuesday that includes mid-biennium adjustments to the 2023-24 budget passed last year. The City uses two-year budget cycles and in odd years, such as 2023, it makes minor changes.

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Skills such as software engineering, architecture, cloud, and program management are highly sought after as more companies explore creating both internal and external applications and solutions. Project manager The role of project manager is important for planning, executing, and completing IT projects on time and on budget.

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Senators spar over the idea of giving billions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture for lunar lander program

GeekWire

— Joey Roulette (@joroulette) May 24, 2021. billion contract to SpaceX for a Starship lunar lander that’s designed to carry astronauts to the lunar surface for the space agency’s Artemis program, as early as 2024. . "Purpose: To eliminate the multi-billion dollar Bezos Bailout" pic.twitter.com/cTdVb44E4i.

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10 highest-paying IT jobs

CIO Business Intelligence

The demand for specialized skills has boosted salaries in cybersecurity, data, engineering, development, and program management. increase from 2021. Average salary: US$164,814 Increase since 2021: 8.4% Average salary : US$155,934 Increase from 2021 : n/a 3. Average salary : US$153,354 Increase from 2021 : n/a 4.

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10 most popular IT certifications for 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

Of those surveyed, only 9% of respondents said they felt certifications weren’t necessary for their role, down from 12% in 2021. Similarly, 12% of respondents said they were currently working toward earning a certification, up from 9% in 2021. According to the data from Dice, that is a 1% increase from 2021.

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Why Jackson CIO Mike Hicks had to flip the script on his proven 100-day plan

CIO Business Intelligence

The company was in the final stages of refreshing our business strategy; in September 2021, we spun off from Prudential plc to become an independent public company. Finally, we were two months away from submitting this year’s budget, which is always a challenge because of the legwork that goes into a budget cycle.

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Seattle founder Vetri Vellore, who sold last startup to Microsoft, raises $26M for new AI company

GeekWire

Microsoft acquired the startup in 2021 and Vellore spent the past two years as a corporate vice president at the Redmond tech giant. Vellore also founded Chronus, which built digital tools for employee development programs, and sold it to a private equity firm in 2015.

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