http://www.bruceharrell.org Positive Focus Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:27:05 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1258 Press Release issued 9/27/11 Council passes initiative to provide high-speed Internet access and technology skills training to low-income students The Great Student Initiative will help educate and prepare Seattle students SEATTLE – The City Council voted unanimously on Monday to approve the Great Student Initiative (Resolution 31328). Legislated by Councilmember Bruce Harrell, the Great Student [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/council-passes-initiative-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-and-technology-skills-training-to-low-income-students/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-president-conlin-congratulates-councilmember-bruce-harrell-on-national-honor/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-president-conlin-congratulates-councilmember-bruce-harrell-on-national-honor/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:07:56 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1268 Press Release issued by Council President Richard Conlin on 9/21/11 Seattle City Council President Conlin congratulates Councilmember Bruce Harrell on national honor Seattle – Council President Conlin released the following statement regarding Councilmember Harrell’s national honor, presented today by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA): “I want to extend congratulations to my [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-president-conlin-congratulates-councilmember-bruce-harrell-on-national-honor/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-committee-to-vote-on-legislation-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-to-low-income-students/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-committee-to-vote-on-legislation-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-to-low-income-students/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:17:04 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1274 Press Release issued 9/21/11 Seattle City Council Committee to vote on legislation to provide high-speed Internet access to low-income students The Great Student Initiative Resolution will help educate and prepare Seattle students Seattle – Councilmember Bruce Harrell will convene a special Energy, Technology, and Civil Rights Committee meeting tomorrow to discuss the Great Student Initiative [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/seattle-city-council-committee-to-vote-on-legislation-to-provide-high-speed-internet-access-to-low-income-students/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/press-release-seattle-web-site-named-best-in-country/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/press-release-seattle-web-site-named-best-in-country/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:52:02 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1251 Joint Mayor & Council Press Release issued 9/01/11 Data.Seattle.Gov wins award for leading open data effort SEATTLE – Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that Seattle.Gov has been named the country’s best city web portal for an unprecedented third time. The award for Best of the Web in the city category comes from the Center for [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/09/press-release-seattle-web-site-named-best-in-country/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/my-push-for-body-cameras-latest-update/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/my-push-for-body-cameras-latest-update/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 06:19:07 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1187 In July of 2010, way before the tragic death of woodcarver John T. Williams, I proposed the requirement that our Seattle Police Officers wear body-mounted video cameras. Recently, the city of Oakland deployed body cameras on all of their officers. I met with Oakland’s Chief of Police Anthony Batts the week before their department went [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/my-push-for-body-cameras-latest-update/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/department-of-justice-investigates-the-seattle-police-department/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/department-of-justice-investigates-the-seattle-police-department/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 21:25:32 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1167 As you may know, on March 31, 2011, the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated its intent to investigate the Seattle Police Department to determine whether its use of force has an unlawful and unfair impact on people of color and vulnerable communities. Very recently, I wrote a letter to US Attorney Jenny Durkan, indicating my [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/department-of-justice-investigates-the-seattle-police-department/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:49:19 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1142 Media Advisory issued May 3, 2011 Technology partnerships key focus for low-income students SEATTLE — On Wednesday, May 4, Councilmember Bruce Harrell will introduce legislation launching the Great Student Initiative, a City of Seattle effort to establish partnerships with technology companies and financial institutions to provide Internet access to the most vulnerable students in the [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/councilmember-bruce-harrell-to-launch-great-student-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:32:14 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1148 I am pleased to introduce the Great Student Initiative, a new partnership program with information, communication and technology companies, and financial institutions to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access, hardware and software for low-income students in the Seattle Public Schools, and creating a steering committee to advance the goals of the initiative. In the last 18 [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/04/the-great-student-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-reconfirms-chief-technology-officer/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-reconfirms-chief-technology-officer/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:06:38 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1110 News Release issued Monday, March 21, 2011 Seattle – The Seattle City Council today unanimously approved Bill Schrier as Chief Technology Officer and Director of the Department of Information Technology (DoIT). Schrier has served as director since 2003, and has been with the City since 1992. “Bill brings a depth of institutional knowledge and a [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-reconfirms-chief-technology-officer/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-to-discuss-seattle-current-conversion-to-led-streetlights/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-to-discuss-seattle-current-conversion-to-led-streetlights/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:44:01 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1063 Media Advisory issued 3/01/11: SEATTLE – The Energy, Technology and Civil Rights Committee, chaired by Councilmember Bruce Harrell, will host a discussion of City Light’s continued roll out of LED streetlights and where they will be installed next. The discussion will include an analysis of cost and energy savings and emerging technologies such as adaptive [...]

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