State CIO and WaTech Director Jim Weaver wrote a letter to Washington state's Congressional delegation urging them to invest in more IT infrastructure.
The letter was prompted by the intense pressure to respond and provide services to our state's citizens since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Washington, which has seen a significant surge in unemployment claims and individuals applying for…
With the number of unemployment benefits claims reaching unprecedented levels, WaTech is taking steps to fortify the state's secure login system over the next two weeks to help ensure those claims get through.
Data from SecureAccess Washington (SAW), the state's secure portal serving the Employment Security Department (ESD), shows a 1,700% increase in the number of concurrent users…
Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) has officially partnered with Ensono to transition the current mainframe environments to Ensono's Mainframe Services offering. The contract was signed on March 27, 2020 by Director and State CIO Jim Weaver.
The project entails Ensono taking over operations of the current mainframe in Olympia to fully understand the environment, with the goal to…
State Chief Information Officer and WaTech Director Jim Weaver has named Katy Ruckle as the state Chief Privacy Officer. She will start Jan. 1, 2020.
Katy will join WaTech's Strategy and Management Division, which is home to the Office of the Chief Information Officer. The state Chief Privacy Officer's duties include conducting an annual privacy review and providing privacy training…
OLYMPIA - Several state agencies experienced outages to their telephones and networks when a construction crew severed a fiber optic cable in Olympia on Saturday afternoon.
"At this time, our network and telephony services are operational, and we don't anticipate any further IT impacts to our state agencies' operations," said State Chief Information Officer and WaTech Director Jim…
