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Univ. of Washington launches research center to tackle computer science education challenges

GeekWire

There aren’t enough programs for training new or existing teachers in the subject. Other programs participating in LCI include the Paul G. Five other universities in Washington have recently launched similar programs. “School budgets are maxed. The budget for computer science education?

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Washington state’s capital gains tax stands as U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of law

GeekWire

The first $500 million collected goes toward education and child care programs, while the remainder is designated for school construction projects. Seattle Public Schools, for example, faces a $105 million budget shortfall for the 2024-25 school year. Schools around the state are struggling to fund education.

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Ingesan embraces a new way to approach HRM with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Ingesan, a subsidiary of the OHLA Infrastructure Group, the Madrid-based construction and concession management multinational, has launched the Empath-IA project, a joint initiative between HR management and the digital transformation division that aims to address the increasingly competitive demands and complexities in HRM.

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Fed Tech Roundup July 24

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Alliance releases open data standards for construction permit info . Johnson, Carper move to authorize DHS Einstein program. OPM Cyber Spending to Get a Budget Boost. State Department Seeks Russian-speaking Social Media Maven. NASA Awards Contract for Office Support Services. Air Force, DLA move to Office 365. Talk more cloud.

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Robotics data startup led by former Amazon drone engineers emerges from stealth, raises $4.8M

GeekWire

” The problem is especially acute for smaller companies that don’t have big budgets to invest in building their own tools. Roboto went through the incubator program at Seattle’s Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI2), where Barash spent a year as an entrepreneur-in-residence after more than six years at Amazon.

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Seattle evaluating its own capital gains tax following new state law

GeekWire

” Mosqueda, also the city council’s budget chair, said she is not considering pursuing a capital gains tax ordinance independently. The estimated $500 million in yearly revenue the tax is expected to generate is earmarked to be funneled into early-childhood education programs and school construction.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Kevin Dreyer

SecureWorld News

Kevin Dreyer , SSCP, CISSP, is the IT Director and CISO at Maple Reinders Group, a construction services provider based in Ontario, Canada. This curiosity quickly became an obsession, which ultimately resulted in me being removed from the program and searching for a career earlier than planned.