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Washington state awards $85M in grants to fund thousands of EV charging stations

GeekWire

Jay Inslee and Washington State Department of Commerce Director Mike Fong said the money would go to nonprofits, electric utilities, tribes and public agencies, and that half of the grants would target charger installation in communities most at risk of negative health effects caused by fossil fuel pollution. A recent survey of U.S.

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The 4-day work week is good for business, according to these Seattle startups

GeekWire

The results at Uplevel — which, fittingly, aims to help organizations meet their goals without burning out engineers — align with the findings of a global study published last month that surveyed more than 900 employees at 33 companies who had participated in a pilot program coordinated by the nonprofit 4 Day Week Global.

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ACC Foundation Releases Extensive State of Cybersecurity Report

CTOvision

Employee error was the most frequent cause of a breach (24%), followed by inside jobs (15%), phishing (12%), access through a third party (12%), lost laptop or device (9%), application vulnerability (7%), and malware (7%). PPL forms program for nonprofit groups (republicanherald.com). About Ballard Spahr. About the ACC Foundation.

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Twitter is launching its new verification policy on January 20th

The Verge

Twitter’s revamped verification policy is launching on January 20th, 2021 , after Twitter pressed pause on the formal application process for more than three years. That January date isn’t when the formal application process will relaunch, so you’ll have to wait a little bit longer if you’re itching to try and get a blue checkmark.

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Training Evaluation – 5 Best Ways to Evaluate Training Effectiveness and Impact

Kitaboo

There are several types of training evaluation methods to measure the effectiveness of enterprise training, such as surveys, post-training quizzes, participant case studies, and official certification exams. Conducting surveys or interviews with each trainer to gain a better understanding of what they learned. Level 2: Learning .

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

According to the 2023 State of the CIO , IT leaders are looking to shore up competencies in key areas such as cybersecurity (39%), application development (30%), data science/analytics (30%), and AI/machine learning (26%).

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