In 2024, the Legislature passed SHB 1947, which eliminated the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and incorporated all duties and responsibilities to Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech), as well as renamed the agency from Consolidated Technology Services (CTS) to WaTech. Previous references to the OCIO or CTS should be understood to refer to WaTech.
Dear Washingtonians!
I loved the theme for this year's International Women's Day - "Choose to Challenge."
The opening paragraph on International Women's Day website could not be more powerful: "A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change. So let's all choose to challenge. How will you help forge a gender equal world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise…
Happy March! We hope you had a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
The state Legislature's regular session is scheduled to end April 25, 2021 and our office continues to track several bills impacting privacy including legislation regarding COVID-19 health data.
House Bill 1127 will have many impacts to employers, schools, and other places of business in Washington state that are…
Washington state is one of four states nationally selected by the National Governors Association (NGA) to work on policies to advance whole-of-state cybersecurity postures. The NGA made the announcement today.
"I am proud that Washington was one of only four states selected by the National Governor's Association (NGA) to help advance the whole-of-state cybersecurity model," Gov. Jay…
Gov. Jay Inslee has named Mark Quimby acting director of WaTech, effective March 11. Mark takes over from James Weaver who served as director since 2018. Jim left WaTech to lead North Carolina's Department of Information Technology.
Mark previously served as deputy director for technology and operations at WaTech and has been with the agency since 2014. As deputy, he helped lead the…
Dear Washingtonians!
Cybersecurity professionals at the start of each year dust off their crystal ball and try to predict what the next 12 months may bring.
As you might expect, 2020 was not a good year for predictions. Who knew a pandemic would sweep the planet and turn our lives upside down? The resulting global shift to remote work forced unprecedented shifts in technology…
