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Is your company offering fair pay? New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages

GeekWire

A new nonprofit is trying to keep the momentum going. The organization has created an independent, transparent program for certifying companies that are undoing pay disparities among the ranks of their employees. The program costs $5,000 to $20,000, depending on company size. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

GeekWire

Sequoia Capital and former Stripe exec Lachy Groom led the Series A round, which will fuel growth for the company’s technology that helps product manufacturers send data from their physical assets to cloud-based apps over cellular networks. Developers use the JSON programming language and two lines of code to make it all work.

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Benefits of a Digital Library for Associations and Non-Profit Organizations

Kitaboo

These organizations, which are more often than not nonprofit associations, still store their sensitive data in the form of hard copies. Fortunately, this attitude of nonprofits is slowly taking a turn for the better, and many have started espousing the idea of creating a digital archive of their current data. It Frees Up Space.

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

GeekWire

“This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Even Matthew Metz, the Seattle founder of the EV-boosting nonprofit Coltura , can’t say for sure if the infrastructure build out is on track to meet demand.

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Why many rural communities are still in the ‘digital dark’ — and how Washington state is trying to help

GeekWire

billion in federal funding toward network expansion projects that aim to reach some 260,000 unserved households statewide. The office must first finalize major decisions about what entities will be eligible for the funds, how to rank applications and how to ensure the long-term viability of the new networks by a federal deadline of Dec.

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Dice defines a growing tech hub as a city with universities and colleges to recruit from, venture funding opportunities, a strong social scene for networking, and existing companies looking to hire talent. Tech companies have set their sights on Raleigh in the past few years, in part thanks to the area’s high-powered network infrastructure.

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Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community

GeekWire

The group runs a variety of events and programs for the tech, business, and startup community, including mentorship and networking. Megan Hulsey of Craft3, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution. There are downsides to the influx, as well.

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