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…
WaTech in the News
OLYMPIA, WA - Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) today announced the addition of a new Toll-Free customer support number. The new number, 855-WaTech1 (855.928.3241 or 360.586.1000), provides unified support to customers, and one contact point to get in touch with the agency.
WaTech provides technical support and assistance to citizens, state agencies, counties, cities and tribal…
Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced an innovative partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure and government services.
He also signed an executive order creating a new state Office of Privacy and Data Protection. Both announcements were made at the Governor's Summit on Cyber Security and Privacy in Seattle.…
OLYMPIA - Washington OneNet congratulates the newly announced leadership team of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet): Chief Executive Officer, Michael Poth, and President, TJ Kennedy.
The First Responder Network Authority is charged with the design and development of FirstNet--a national broadband network dedicated to public safety. WaTech's Washington OneNet is the…
OLYMPIA - Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) Director and the state's Chief Information Officer, Michael Cockrill, announced yesterday WaTech's unification of the infrastructure area, formerly of the legacy Consolidated Technology Services (CTS), with enterprise applications, formerly a division of the Department of Enterprises Services (DES-ETS), under the leadership of Heidi Geathers…