the Chief Seattle Geek blog

This website is the personal blog of Bill Schrier, Chief Technology Officer for the City of Seattle, used to express personal opinion.  Comments on any blog entry are welcome, but will be moderated.  The opinions expressed on this site and in the blog are solely those of Bill Schrier and do not necessarily reflect the official opinions of the elected officials or residents of the City of Seattle. 

The focus of this blog is the intersection of technology and government, and specifically how technology influences Seattle’s government, but also how governments use technology on behalf of their residents, citizens, and visitors. 

The official website of the City of Seattle is www.seattle.gov , and the official website for the City’s Department of Information Technology, which Bill directs, is www.seattle.gov/doit .     Official City of Seattle blogs are on Citylink.  Address general questions or comments to bill@schrier.org .