In 2024, the Legislature passed SHB 1947, which eliminated the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and incorporated all duties and responsibilities to Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech), as well as renamed the agency from Consolidated Technology Services (CTS) to WaTech. Previous references to the OCIO or CTS should be understood to refer to WaTech.
Washington state CIO Bill Kehoe and Chief of Staff Amy Pearson talked to Government Technology about how WaTech is fully remote and even hiring out-of-state talent, but they still find ways to bring staff together on big projects.
Read the article and watch the interview at Building Culture While Working Remote in Washington State (govtech.com)
