The National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) recently announced that two Washington state projects have been selected as finalists for State IT Recognition Awards:
Special CIO Recognition Award category Office of the Chief Information Officer: Washington State Employer of Choice Digital Government: Government to Business category Department of Labor and Industries: Health…WaTech in the News
On behalf of the state of Washington, WaTech submitted eight nominations for this year's National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) Information Technology Awards. These prestigious national awards honor innovation and excellence in the use of information technology in state government. States submit award nominations in May and winners are announced in the fall.
Washington's 2016…
OLYMPIA, WA - Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) will host the 3rd Annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Olympia. The event is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. on May 19, 2016 at WaTech Headquarters in Olympia. GAAD is in its 5th year as a worldwide event, having gone from a simple blog post and grown into several hundred meetings around the world. It was launched to get people…
Gov. Jay Inslee today visited Jorgensen Forge in Tukwila to unveil a new "Defense Data Tool" to help businesses that contract with the U.S. Department of Defense anticipate and respond to changes in defense spending. In September 2014, Inslee launched the Washington Military Alliance to help businesses, service members and communities prepare for the economic impacts of federal sequestration…
OLYMPIA, WA - The State of Washington's technology agency (WaTech), in partnership with California State Library, and the Nevada State Library, has been named a winner of the Knight News Challenge on Data by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for a project that teaches local librarians and community members how to find, use, and give feedback on open data. The project, titled "Data…