Network World

JULY 25, 2023

The coalition was brought together under the Center for Cybersecurity Policy & Law , a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the security of networks, devices and critical infrastructure.

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CTOvision

JUNE 14, 2021

From their website: The United States is lagging in the global techno-security competition and lacks effective policy, education, and coordination to compete with its rivals. SVDG seeks to align […].

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GeekWire

APRIL 17, 2024

(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) More than 100 companies, tribal groups, union organizations, environmental nonprofits and political groups are backing a campaign to defeat a November ballot initiative that would scuttle Washington state’s most impactful climate policy.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

. — University of Washington computer science professor Aylin Kamelia Caliskan was named co-director of the UW Tech Policy Lab , an interdisciplinary collaboration founded in 2013 by the UW’s computer science school. Caliskan replaces UW professor Batya Friedman. —

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GeekWire

JUNE 13, 2023

The Seattle-based company is the sales and marketing arm of Climate Vault platform, which is a nonprofit initiative created in 2021. The co-founders launched the original nonprofit “to fix a broken supply chain in the voluntary carbon offset market and to spur innovation in carbon dioxide removal,” said Greenstone in a statement.

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GeekWire

JUNE 5, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) Washington STEM, a nonprofit focused on statewide STEM education and social change, named Lynne K. Varner as its new CEO, effective Aug. Varner comes from Washington State University, where she held multiple leadership roles including associate vice chancellor on the Everett campus.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

students in foundational computer courses are female, according to a new annual report out Wednesday from the educational nonprofit Code.org. Washington, which has policies supporting the funding of computer science education and course requirements for schools, was slightly below the U.S. Only 31% of U.S. ”

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GeekWire

APRIL 23, 2024

Working Washington, a nonprofit that helped passed the original legislation, said in a press release Monday that the new ordinance would “simply reduce worker pay well below minimum wage.” The Stranger reported this month that delivery drivers are making more money now, but bike couriers are not.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining. That has puzzled researchers and nonprofits. But it only counts donations to religious and nonprofit organizations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

LGBTQ Tech LGBTQ Tech offers programs and resources to support LGBTQ+ communities and works to “educate organizations and policy makers on the unique needs LGBTQ+ individuals face when it comes to tech.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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GeekWire

MARCH 2, 2021

David Bley , a Seattle Foundation board member who was previously Pacific Northwest director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will become interim CEO of the nonprofit community foundation while it searches for a permanent replacement. Truveta was established by 14 U.S. Truveta was established by 14 U.S.

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The Verge

JANUARY 10, 2022

Established as a nonprofit, the company is not supported by advertising or app sales, instead relying on donations and a recently launched sustainer program. The app saw a rush of new users in early 2021 in response to a new privacy policy from its competitor WhatsApp — but the success wasn’t without controversy.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

If no changes to this proposal are made, the accounts that would be eligible for verification would include government accounts , companies, brands, nonprofits, news media accounts, entertainment, sports, activists, organizers, and what Twitter refers to as “other influential individuals.” We’ll share more in the coming weeks.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The NFHA said in a news release that after a two-year investigation, it had determined that Redfin’s minimum home price policy discriminates against sellers and buyers of homes in communities of color in many metropolitan areas. ” The plaintiffs are seeking a court order ending Redfin’s minimum housing price policy.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And, the analysis finds, the nonprofits and issues they champion raking in the biggest donor dollars aren’t necessarily focused on some of the most crucial ways to lower carbon emissions. The majority of money given to environmental charities goes to just a handful of organizations, according to a new report. Read more.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Danielle Alvarado, executive director of nonprofit labor advocacy group Working Washington, said the data shared by DoorDash is “a predictable corporate move to oppose fair wages.” ” Xu said that some markets “kind of take policies to the extreme” which result in “adverse impacts against its wishes.”

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GeekWire

JANUARY 16, 2024

climate policy, is the new director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute. Allen Fawcett , an energy expert and economist who has played a leading role in formulating and coordinating U.S. JGCRI is a partnership between the U.S. Seattle venture capital firm Ascend.vc hired Nate Bek as its first associate. .

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Much like other tech companies during the pandemic, the WTIA has shifted to a remote-first work policy. It’s given the WTIA the ability to “completely divorce geographic considerations” and tap into a broader, more diverse talent pool, said Schutzler, who cited the remote work policies of Twitter and Zillow.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

” (Uber Photo) However, Hilary Wething , an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said more data is needed to fully determine the impact of the new law. “I would push back against the idea that this is hurting drivers,” she said. “We don’t know that yet.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Gage, a nearly 35-year-old nonprofit, currently occupies space in the St. Harrell and others have applauded Amazon , which employs roughly 75,000 people in the Seattle area, for instituting a return-to-office policy that requires corporate and tech workers to be in their South Lake Union offices at least three days a week.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The company still has a four-day work week policy in place. The policy is to try to respond to customers within 24-to-48 hours, and employees make the call as to when exactly they get back to them. Giuliani conceded that this is a challenge. At Uplevel, a few employees in various departments are designated to be “on call” every Friday.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2022

The nonprofit that administers the ACT admissions test also announced disruptions for students taking that test. We believe a requirement is more equitable and transparent than a test-optional policy.” It asked colleges and universities to be flexible in their admissions processes.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A new analysis from the nonprofit Energy Innovation lays out a plan to get there, which also would just happen to add a cool $1 trillion dollars to the national economy. According to the best available climate science , the U.S. needs to completely zero out its carbon pollution by 2050 to secure a livable future. Read more.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It includes retail sales and professional services, as well as nonprofit organizations and a blog about women’s economic issues, creating more of a sense of community than a platform focused strictly on shopping. Nonprofits are included on the site for free. “We plan to take Amazon on,” said Isler, who is CEO.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The state’s Department of Ecology would need by November to craft preliminary policy recommendations for how to handle electric vehicle batteries. It’s a comprehensive bill and we are generally very pleased about everything that is in there,” said Heather Trim, executive director of the nonprofit group Zero Waste Washington.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

While we sympathize that this war may not affect your own views or opinion on the matter, the fact is, your authoritarian government is committing human rights abuses and engaging in war crimes so this is a policy decision we have made and will stand by.”. domains, a move that would disconnect much of Russia from the global internet.

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GeekWire

MAY 2, 2023

(TeachAI Image) Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org is helping to launch TeachAI , a new effort aimed at guiding governments and educators on teaching with and about artificial intelligence. Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The company was originally founded as a nonprofit focused on AI research in 2015. That allowed investors to pour money into OpenAI and potentially earn a return on it, though their profits would be capped, according to the rules of the new setup, and anything above the cap would revert to the nonprofit.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2020

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey is donating $5 million to Andrew Yang’s Humanity Forward nonprofit, the former presidential candidate announced on Thursday, to provide 20,000 microgrants of $250 through the nonprofit’s direct cash assistance program. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2021

WhatsApp has published a new FAQ page to its website outlining its stances on user privacy in response to widespread backlash over an upcoming privacy policy update. That’s something the company feels it is required to disclose in its privacy policy, which it’s now doing after previewing the upcoming changes to business chats back in October.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

billion sustainable investment firm has filed a shareholder resolution asking the board of directors for a third-party review of current policies. Google claims she violated its security policies. It’s important to lift that up because they use trade secrets and data policy as an excuse for retaliating against worker organizers.”.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2023

Climate change is starting to receive the funding and attention that some activists, scientists and policy makers have sought for decades. And a cadre of ultra-wealthy individuals are helping lead the charge, issuing millions of dollars in grants to nonprofit organizations. 4 on the list.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

An analysis by Carbon Switch released on Giving Tuesday shows that donations to environmental groups is concentrated mostly at just a couple of big nonprofits, most of which work in land conservation. It’s understandable: climate has often been pigeonholed as an environmental issue. And what are known as the “big… Read more.

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GeekWire

MARCH 2, 2022

It also was set up as a nonprofit that operated like a biotech company, taking discoveries through early-stage research to manufacturing and clinical trials. The institute also has a strengthened its conflict of interest policy. During the restructuring process, work at the institute has continued.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Even though employees could donate to any eligible US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the late 1990s, the money was still processed by United Way and employees paid a pass-through fee. Employees expected their entire donation to go directly to the nonprofit of their choice and not to have to pay this fee.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Remote work is here to stay,” said Nicholas Merriam, CEO and co-founder of Sea.Citi, a tech industry civic issue engagement nonprofit group. While this could be bad news for downtown Seattle nonprofits that pull donations and volunteers from tech workers there, it could conversely be good news for suburban or neighborhood-based charities. .

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 22, 2020

That’s according to a new report from the nonprofit Next 10 and research firm Beacon Economics. After five consecutive years of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, California saw an increase in its planet-warming pollution. Read more.

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