Reports & Documents

RCW 43.105.369 requires the State Office of Privacy and Data Protection (OPDP) to conduct an annual privacy review of state agency privacy practices. The results help OPDP measure privacy maturity across agencies and develop resources and trainings where they are most needed.

Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) and the CITRIS Policy Lab and Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) worked in partnership throughout 2024-2025 to collaborate in support of Washington State’s artificial intelligence (AI) governance efforts. This report is informed by that partnership, including regular engagement in Washington’s AI Community of Practice and other fora, in-depth interviews, a roundtable discussion, and a survey distributed to Washington State and local government representatives.

(Section 153, subsection 12): $82,811,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving account—state appropriation is provided solely for the procurement and distribution of Microsoft 365 licenses which must include advanced security features and cloud-based private branch exchange capabilities for state agencies. The office must report annually to fiscal committees of the legislature each December 31, on the count and type of licenses distributed by consolidated technology services to each state agency. The report must also separately report on the count and type of Microsoft 365 licenses that state agencies have in addition to those that are distributed by consolidated technology services so that the total count, type of license, and cost is known for statewide Microsoft 365 licenses.

This annual report highlights the independent observations and recommendations made by Project Management Partners (PMPs), as mandated in Washington state legislative requirements.

Semi-annual report by Project Management Partners (PMP) highlighting efforts made between November 2023 - May 2024 to improve the sharing of information within the IT project management community.

This guidance was created by Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) in collaboration with the Washington State Office of Equity (OOE) and other partners pursuant to the Governor's Executive Order 24-01. The purpose is to provide guidance that state agencies can use to analyze the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology on vulnerable communities.

WaTech’s state Office of Cybersecurity (OCS), established under RCW 43.105.450, oversees and enhances cybersecurity across Washington state government. As mandated by RCW 43.105.460, OCS is tasked with developing, maintaining, and regularly updating a comprehensive catalog of cybersecurity services. The 2024 catalog emphasizes its vital impact on the state’s digital infrastructure, data security, and operational resiliency through various services.

The Office of Privacy and Data Protection (OPDP) is mandated by RCW 43.105.369(5) to submit a performance report to the legislature every four years. This report evaluates key performance measures, including annual privacy training participation by state agencies and employees, collaboration with national and international data privacy experts, implementation of data protection measures, and consumer education efforts through outreach events and resource access metrics.

This report provides guidance on understanding AI risks, identifying high-risk systems and performing risk assessments for the deployment of high-risk generative AI (GenAI) systems. 

This site provides both a priority ranking of proposed decision packages (DP) and funding, and gating recommendations for decision packages containing information technology (IT) budget requests for the FY25-27 biennial budget. 

This guidance was created by Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) in collaboration with the Department of Enterprise Services (DES) and other partners pursuant to the Governor's Executive Order 24-01 to develop initial guidance on the procurement and use of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) technology.

As required under Executive Order 24-01 on Artificial Intelligence, this report provides an assessment of potential generative AI initiatives pertinent to agency operations and objectives, as well as the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of integrating generative AI into agency operations and services. This report also includes a plan and timeline for WaTech to establish the infrastructure to conduct pilots of projects involving generative AI technology, including approved environments to test such projects.

This report on the Innovation & Modernization Program, required by Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5187 provides a detailed look at the estimated and actual costs, project timelines, and business results of the approved projects. It also shares lessons learned and provides recommendations for future project proposals, emphasizing the importance of early planning, strategic vendor relationships, and active program oversight.

This is the guide for the 2024 Annual Certification Survey.

Semi-annual report by Project Management Partners (PMP) highlighting efforts made between November 2023 - May 2024 to improve the sharing of information within the IT project management community.

This document shows Central Service Model (CSM) allocation billing changes for the month of June 2024 as well as Fiscal Year 2025 and the impact to each state agencies.

This document aims to provide an overview of a whole-of-state approach to cybersecurity and explain the urgent need to establish a Strategic Threat Intelligence Center (STIC) to act as a central cybersecurity intelligence and response hub for all state, local, and Tribal governments in Washington.

Introduction to IPv6 Addressing and the basics

This report highlights progress made implementing the state strategic Information Technology plan from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023. The report covers a broad array of business issues that affect technology solutions across the state, including efforts to attract and retain an IT workforce, oversight of major projects and staying abreast of evolving privacy and cyber threats.

This annual report highlights the independent observations and recommendations made by Project Management Partners (PMPs), as mandated in Washington state legislative requirements.

Quarterly Pulse Survey report that captures in the moment customer satisfaction feedback. The teams that participated in this quarter’s report are the Cloud Enablement Team, Support Center Team, and the State Data Center Team. 

This report provides a forecast of supplier diversity for procurements.

This document provides both a priority ranking of proposed decision packages (DP) and funding, and gating recommendations for decision packages containing information technology (IT) budget requests for the FY23- 25 supplemental biennial budget.

Semi-annual report by Project Management Partners (PMP) highlighting efforts made between May 2023 - October 2023 to share IT project management best practices.

Semi-annual report by Project Management Partners (PMP) highlighting efforts made between October 2022 - April 2023 to share IT project management best practices.

Annual report from Washington state agencies on their technology portfolio and compliance with selected statewide policies that support enterprise technology programs.

WaTech collects a variety of data about the status, health, and performance of technology across the state. This data includes statewide IT portfolio trends, IT expenditure data, and data about the performance of enterprise technology programs.

Per RCW 43.105.11, WaTech is required to produce a quarterly dashboard that includes information about service delivery, cost, operational efficiencies, and overall customer satisfaction. The first dashboard was created and submitted in January 2017.

This annual report highlights the independent observations and recommendations made by Project Management Partners (PMPs), as mandated in Washington state legislative requirements.

This document provides both a priority ranking of proposed decision packages (DP) and funding, and gating recommendations for decision packages containing information technology (IT) budget requests for the FY23-25 biennial budget.

Semi-annual report by Project Management Partners (PMP) highlighting efforts made in 2022 to share IT project management best practices.

This report contains cybersecurity services and functions that can be performed by the office, as well as core capabilities and competencies of the office, and other information about cybersecurity in state government.

Annual report from Washington state agencies on their technology portfolio and compliance with selected statewide policies that support enterprise technology programs.

Semi-annual report by Project Management Partners (PMP) highlighting efforts made between January 2022 to April 2022 to share IT project management best practices.

This annual report highlights the independent observations and recommendations made by Project Management Partners (PMPs), as mandated in Washington state legislative requirements.

This report was developed to address the requirements of RCW 43.105.220. It contains an analysis of progress made toward implementing the state's strategic technology plan, an evaluation of information technology performance, and an analysis of major project performance and outcomes.

This memo addresses the requirement of Section 701(12) of the 2021-23 Operating Budget and Section 701(10) of the 2021-23 Transportation Budget: The office of the chief information officer must report on July 1 and December 1 each calendar year any additional projects to be subjected to this section that were identified in the previous six month period to the legislative fiscal committees.

Dashboard that contains IT spend information for the state of Washington and used to prepare the next biennial budget. 

This report contains recommendations and principles for policy changes related to the development, procurement, and use of automated decision systems in Washington. Required by the 21-23 operating budget, section 151(14).

This report was developed to address the requirements of RCW 43.105.220. It contains an analysis of progress made toward implementing the state's strategic technology plan, an evaluation of information technology performance, and an analysis of major project performance and outcomes.

This document provides both a priority ranking of proposed decision packages (DP) and funding, and gating recommendations for decision packages containing information technology (IT) budget requests for the FY21- 23 supplemental biennial budget.

This report contains findings, best practices and recommendations related to cybersecurity, privacy and data sharing. Required by Chapter 291, Laws of 2021 Sec. 4 (SB 5432).

Semi-annual report by Project Management Partners (PMP) highlighting efforts made between September 2021 to December 2021 to share IT project management best practices.

This report contains the findings and recommendations related to the impacts on labor of transitioning to the cloud, and associated training needs.

Summary report of WaTech's customer satisfaction survey distributed to 144 Chief Information Officers and Chief Information Security Officers at state agencies and public schools.

Accessible version of the Enterprise IT Strategic Plan 2021-2025.