WaTech in the News

The WA State Department of Health works closely with county public health departments to measure and improve public health around the state. The key measures and data are reported on the agency's PHIP website every year. A few of the measures are also posted on the state's general-purpose open data site, data.wa.gov. Here's an example of a drinking water projects diagram, and the dataset…

Washingtonians who use the SecureAccess Washington (SAW) portal to access state services should be on the lookout for phishing texts that target SAW users to steal credentials and personal data.

WaTech's state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS) has observed spoofed phishing texts containing messages such as: "Your SecureAccess Washington (SAW) claim account is currently on hold for…

A team from the Washington State Patrol (WSP) won this year's cyber escape room competition organized by WaTech's state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS).

"We had a lot of fun. It was also a good team-building exercise," said Brian Everson, WSP's chief information security officer. "The escape room was a fun, positive way to go through a 'work location' and find the mistakes we can all…

Like all state agencies, Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) works hard to respond well and timely to public records requests. Today the agency is publishing a table of its public records requests for the last few years.

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Here are the technology-related bills to watch for the week of January 26, 2015:

HB 1391/SB 5315 An act relating to aligning functions of the consolidated technology services agency, office of the chief information officer, and department of enterprise services.

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1391.pdf https://app.leg.wa.gov/…