Enterprise Cloud Computing Program (ECCP)

Progress update - September 2025

Project Kick-off - Enterprise Public Cloud launch

We kicked off a large project to launch the state Public Cloud Service. The project charter is in final review, resources are being assembled, and vendor partnerships are in progress to support both technical needs and organizational change management. This effort will focus not only on adding additional capabilities to the Cloud Government Network (CGN) but also maturing cloud capabilities across several WaTech domains to enable the first of many iterations to deliver an Enterprise Public Cloud Service. There are many facets to this project to include technical capabilities, but also operational processes, billing, and several others.

Brokerage Update 

The WaTech team is actively meeting with both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft to review responses to our Solicitation Packages.  Teams from both sides are aligning on business requirements to understand the business need. These alignment sessions are the first step toward initiating formal contract negotiations.

Design Review Transformation (DRT)

The Design Review Transformation (DRT) Project is preparing for an initial release to a limited audience in Q4 of 2025. The project is developing an expedited review process for low and medium complexity SaaS solutions, which intends to reduce both effort and timeline for these common solution types. Following this initial rollout, expansion to additional agency audiences is expected sometime in the first half of 2026. This release is the first step toward the vision of a holistic design review experience focused on helping agencies get to market faster while maintaining necessary governance.

About the ECCP

The Enterprise Cloud Computing Program (ECCP) was created by WaTech to provide leadership, governance, guidance, and resources to accelerate the strategic adoption of cloud technologies across Washington state government.

The overall mission of the ECCP is to accelerate efforts to modernize and transform the state information technology services that Washingtonians require by embracing cloud technology. This is an integral part of WaTech's efforts to create a "connected government" where residents and visitors can access state government services more easily and directly, whether it's getting a license, accessing public health resources, or bidding on a government project.

The program is the outgrowth of a statewide cloud readiness assessment the Office of the Chief Information Officer provided at the Legislature's direction in 2020.

Our Vision: A secure, scalable, and interoperable statewide cloud ecosystem to accelerate agency modernization and provide strategic goals to meet the dynamic needs of Washingtonians.

Our Mission: To modernize and migrate the state's information technology assets to cloud services to accelerate the transformation of critical services for Washingtonians.

The ECC's mission has three focus areas:

• Enable the adoption of cloud technologies - including the development and governance of the state's cloud architecture, policies, and standards - by providing statewide leadership and expert resources.
• Implement a cloud services brokerage function that helps agencies identify and acquire the best solutions at the best prices, and ensures cloud investments are operated securely, efficiently, and in compliance with the state's IT policies and strategic plan.
• Use contracted resources to help agencies identify migration candidates and to plan and implement migration projects.

Program Goals

• Accelerate the modernization of government services by adopting and committing to scalable and sustainable adoption of cloud solutions.
• Enhance statewide security and resilience using cloud platforms, tools, architectures, and standards.
• Shift from a capital expenditure to an operational expenditure model for state IT investment. This would reduce large upfront investments and provide predictable ongoing expenses by paying only for what's used and then scale when needed.
• Improve and optimize cloud operating costs by leveraging pricing at an enterprise scale, with master contracts, centralized services, and transparent "pay as you go" cost metrics.