Seattle needs to shake up its government to...
Seattle needs to shake up its government to be effective and embrace technology, said Bill Schrier, the city’s former chief technology officer, in a Tuesday op-ed on community news website Crosscut (http://bit.ly/18wIqqI). “I'd appoint a Chief Innovation Officer (CInO) to…
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reach out to the technology and start-up communities in Seattle, harnessing their ideas and technologies for use in City government,” he said. “The outreach opportunities here are endless, from huge companies like Microsoft which has a wide variety of innovative software solutions, to smaller companies like Cozi (an app and website that helps organize family life) and Prosodic (smarter use of social media).” Such a position would help the city’s economy and the government’s efficiency, he said. He advocated for the hire of a chief operating officer to “break down walls” of various agencies, citing the “utilities, public safety, parks, etc.” that the city has to help manage. Traditional citizen outreach doesn’t work, he said, criticizing public and committee hearings: “The City should take advantage of video conferencing, Facebook apps, and cool locally developed technologies like Ideascale (for crowdsourcing ideas) and Living Voters’ Guide (for vetting ideas and improving them.”