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Seattle Information Technology
Indicators Project
The Seattle Information Technology Indicators Project provides a set of values and measurements describing the state of information technology as it impacts the social, economic, community and cultural health of Seattle. Data from this project also looks into citizen participation and use of e-government. The indicators project was developed to track the positive and negative impacts of technology over time and to be of value to a wide range of stakeholders concerned about community and economic development, education, human services, access to government services, civic participation, and equality in opportunity. The City of Seattle, working with a wide range of community, education and business stakeholders, created this set of indicators in 2000. We then conducted the research to provide data for the indicators in 2000 and again in 2004. We plan to conduct additional follow-up research in 2008.
See the results of the 2004 Residential Technology survey.
There is an executive summary and detailed technical report of the 2004 survey. The report on this thousand household survey looks at trends since our initial survey in 2000. The 2004 survey also focused on residents' cable television use and needs, providing data for the city's cable system refranchising with Comcast.
The IT Healthy Goals provides a set of values for using information technology to develop a healthy community. These values, developed with a great deal of public input, provides the foundation for our indicators project.
The 2000-2001 Information Technology Indicators for a Healthy Community Report. This report presents for the first time a set of measurements describing the state of information technology as it impacts the social, economic and cultural health of Seattle.
The 2003 Small Businesses Report, adds to the City's initial Information Technology Indicators Project a comprehensive set of indicators developed to track the positive and negative impacts of technology on the region over time. Email a request for a free copy or download it from the web site.
Information Technology Indicators Project
What does a technology healthy community look like?
The Information Technology Indicators Project is one of a number of Citizens Technology Literacy and Access projects developed by the City of Seattle Department of Information Technology and the City’s Citizens Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board (CTTAB). This project is intended to measure the impact of information technology on the health and vitality of the Seattle region. It began with a public process of defining values and then led to the development of specific indicators, followed by data collection and reporting.
Indicators Data Collection
2000 - 2001 Information Technology Indicators for a Healthy Community: The baseline set of measurements for the full set of information technology indicators developed by the City of Seattle and community stakeholders.
Seattle Technology Residential Survey: The first-ever Seattle survey looking at residents' technology access, literacy, and attitudes.
Neighborhoods and Technology: The results of a survey of community and neighborhood group leaders to learn about their use of information technology in community work.
Non-Profits and Technology: A collaborative survey of the Department of Information Technology, the Human Services Department, United Way, and King County Community Services Division looking at information technology access and needs within the non-profit community.
Phase I: Indicator Development
See the results of the indicator development process. Completed in May of 2000, this set of indicators represents a new model for looking at the impact - both positive and negative - that technology is having on our region.
The Information Technology Indicators Project is part of the City of Seattle Department of Information Technology Community Technology Program in cooperation with the volunteer Citizens Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board (CTTAB).
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