Enterprise Cloud Computing Program (ECCP)

Progress update - December 2025

Enterprise Public Cloud Launch (EPCL) Project

The intent of the EPCL is to deliver an enterprise public cloud service in a manner that gives agencies a faster, more flexible foundation for delivering modern, connected services. Rather than each agency having to establish foundational core capabilities for its cloud operations, the EPCL will provide the baseline infrastructure and necessary enabling processes for agencies to leverage as they deploy they services to the cloud. This move creates a stronger platform for building simpler, more seamless experiences for residents – while giving agencies tools and support to adopt cloud confidently.

This month, the project completed internet ingress/egress discovery and design for the Cloud Government Network (CGN) as well as deployment in a lab environment. Work continues on the definition of the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) for the enterprise cloud service and its enabling capabilities. The project has also initiated its Organizational Change Management (OCM) function; look for Town Halls to begin early next year.

Brokerage Update 

The WaTech team continues to meet with both AWS and Microsoft to refine alignment on business requirements. Progress is being made, but there are still several areas to address to ensure a robust partnership going forward that will benefit all agencies in the state.

We also continue to identify potential cost savings and service enhancement through contracts for enterprise SaaS solutions. We are investigating the potential for statewide contract cost savings with SaaS solutions that are currently used consistently across the state.

Design Review Transformation (DRT)

Over the past month, the project advanced from foundational planning into structured design, completing key workshops focused on refining requirements for the low-complexity SaaS review process. The team progressed core documentation, workflow planning, and the decision framework to enable upcoming whiteboarding and detailed design activities. Strong partnership with Communications and ongoing change-impact assessment further solidified the project vision and prepared the organization for the next phase of engagement.

Enterprise FinOps

The program has drafted both a vision and strategy for implementing Enterprise FinOps. This is being reviewed and will be finalized Jan 2026.  Enterprise FinOps seeks to implement transparency and tools for both agencies and WaTech to gain better insights into cloud spend and cost efficiencies.

About the ECCP

The Enterprise Cloud Computing Program (ECCP) was created by WaTech to provide leadership, governance, guidance, and resources to accelerate the strategic adoption of cloud technologies across Washington state government.

The overall mission of the ECCP is to accelerate efforts to modernize and transform the state information technology services that Washingtonians require by embracing cloud technology. This is an integral part of WaTech's efforts to create a "connected government" where residents and visitors can access state government services more easily and directly, whether it's getting a license, accessing public health resources, or bidding on a government project.

The program is the outgrowth of a statewide cloud readiness assessment the Office of the Chief Information Officer provided at the Legislature's direction in 2020.

Our Vision: A secure, scalable, and interoperable statewide cloud ecosystem to accelerate agency modernization and provide strategic goals to meet the dynamic needs of Washingtonians.

Our Mission: To modernize and migrate the state's information technology assets to cloud services to accelerate the transformation of critical services for Washingtonians.

The ECC's mission has three focus areas:

• Enable the adoption of cloud technologies - including the development and governance of the state's cloud architecture, policies, and standards - by providing statewide leadership and expert resources.
• Implement a cloud services brokerage function that helps agencies identify and acquire the best solutions at the best prices, and ensures cloud investments are operated securely, efficiently, and in compliance with the state's IT policies and strategic plan.
• Use contracted resources to help agencies identify migration candidates and to plan and implement migration projects.

Program Goals

• Accelerate the modernization of government services by adopting and committing to scalable and sustainable adoption of cloud solutions.
• Enhance statewide security and resilience using cloud platforms, tools, architectures, and standards.
• Shift from a capital expenditure to an operational expenditure model for state IT investment. This would reduce large upfront investments and provide predictable ongoing expenses by paying only for what's used and then scale when needed.
• Improve and optimize cloud operating costs by leveraging pricing at an enterprise scale, with master contracts, centralized services, and transparent "pay as you go" cost metrics.