State effort to expand rural broadband gets boost from Better Health Together

State effort to expand rural broadband gets boost from Better Health Together

BHT grant supports Washington Broadband Office efforts to secure competitive federal funding for broadband projects in eastern Washington OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Broadband Office is celebrating a partnership with Spokane-based nonprofit Better Health Together (BHT) that will provide up to $207,000 to fund development of 18 broadband grant applications for projects in eastern Washington: two projects in each of Spokane, Adams, Lincoln, Stevens, Ferry, and Pend Oreille counties,…

Commerce awards $1.36 million in community child care partnership grants

Commerce awards $1.36 million in community child care partnership grants

State collaboration with Safe Start Fund provides 16 grants to nonprofits, local governments and educational service districts to develop community-based plans for expanding child care capacity OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced $1,368,000 in grants to 16 organizations to fund collaborative efforts to expand child care capacity in 14 communities throughout the state. Grantees will receive 50% of the award from state general funds administered…

Commerce welcomes new communications director 

Commerce welcomes new communications director 

Jaime Smith has nearly 20 years of communications, outreach and policy experience. OLYMPIA, WA – Washington State Department of Commerce Director Lisa Brown today announced Jaime Smith will join the Commerce team ahead of Communications Director Barbara Dunn’s impending retirement. “I’m excited to welcome Jaime to the agency!” Director Lisa Brown said. “Her policy, outreach and communication skills as well as her state government knowledge and connections are a tremendous asset…

Conditional Formatting: Using colors and highlights to evaluate your data

So you’ve just downloaded the latest homeless data to dive into. Immediately, you noticed that there are a few duplicate entries in your report. So now you wonder, “how many other duplicates are there?” One simple Excel function is available to help you answer that question. Conditional Formatting is a powerful tool that can help you visually explore and analyze your data. You can find this nifty tool under the…