On this week’s episode of the Priorities podcast, the Prison Scholar Fund’s CEO Dirk van Velzen says he plans to use $25,000 from the city to invest in technology education for the incarcerated.

https://statescoop.com/seattle-digital-equity-grant-program-immigrants-ywca/

In the news this week:

California’s deputy state CIO will leave government later this year.

https://statescoop.com/california-deputy-cio-russ-nichols-to-retire/

The number of ransomware attacks aimed at local governments and health organizations appears to have slowed, according to a report from the Ransomware Task Force.

https://statescoop.com/ransomware-attack-count-down-2022/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will distribute $401 million in loans and grants for rural broadband projects.

https://statescoop.com/usda-401-million-rural-broadband/

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