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Dear Washingtonians!

I wish everyone a safe, healthy and happy New Year. There is much to look forward to in the coming months, including the promise of vaccinations and a new normal.

Without question, 2020 was a horrendous year and I'm glad to see it in the rearview mirror. COVID-19 has had a huge impact on all of our lives and resulted in significant changes in how we do…

A new malware campaign is taking advantage of the flu season by sending phishing emails that appear to be urgent communications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC recently released an alert about the phishing campaign: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s0322-phishing.html

Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself, and your organization…

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…

Four teams of interns pitched their work product to state agency and tech sector mentors this week on the sidelines of Full Con Tech - the innovative problem-solving unconference in Seattle.

These students have worked through the summer with mentorship from companies like Microsoft, Socrata, Tableau and LiveStories to understand, clean up and visualize data from state agencies…