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If it is always “Day 1” at Amazon, it is Day 10 in Government

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

Try getting a driver’s license or not paying your taxes. I recently stayed at a Hilton Hotel which had a happy hour with free beer. Mistakes such as a $43 million budget overrun for the City of Seattle’s utility billing system make headlines and are featured on the 11:00 PM news. Are governments irrelevant? Government cannot.

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- Thanks & Turkeys 2010

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

This week Chief Technology Officer Bill Schrier has a LOT for which to be thankful. But we have a sustainable budget and services going into 2011. First are some of our technology vendors, a few of whom have ever increasing appetites for money. But I also have a few turkeys to carve.