Enterprise Cloud Computing Program (ECCP)

Progress update - January 2025

• Cloud Government Network: The lab environment testing for the Azure and AWS implementation of the Cloud Government Network (CGN) has been successfully completed. Migration documentation will be completed this month. End-to-end connectivity testing between agencies and CGN, and agencies and Shared Services is ongoing. This is the only remaining scope item for the CGN 2.0 project that has not been completed. New target completion date is end of January 2025. 
• Cloud Learning Platform: As of Jan. 7, Pluralsight has been rolled out to over 2,300 IT staff members across 42 agencies. Fifty percent (1,155) have logged in, claimed their license, and have begun their learning journey and 30 agencies have onboarded 100% of their IT staff. All 13 Learning Paths have been drafted and reviewed by the Workforce Subcommittee and will launch this month along with a customized home landing page. This landing page will display each persona by proficiency level (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) for easy access to each learning path. We are continuing the work to connect Pluralsight to the State LMS which will enable Pluralsight training completion information to flow into our LMS and display on your transcript.  
• ECCP Roadmap: The program continues to develop its 3-to-5-year strategic roadmap. The draft roadmap is expected to be completed in late January. This roadmap incorporates findings from the ECCP vision, agency readiness assessments, customer journeys/service blueprints, and the cloud capability model.   
• Brokerage: Discovery phase continues with the Special Assistant Attorney General (SAAG).   
• Cloud FinOps Pilot: The multi-agency pilot with IBM Cloudability continues with an expected date of completion in March 2025.  

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.