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Progress update - June 2025
ECCP Roadmap
The program has delivered the next draft of the ECCP Strategic Roadmap which aligns technical capabilities with cloud service offerings of the future. This becomes more important as WaTech service delivery continues to center around cloud technologies, focusing on services, not the individual technologies that comprise them. This draft is under review and is expected to be finalized this month. Additional efforts are underway to incorporate both FinOps and AI capabilities and integrate roadmaps for both domains.
Design Review Transformation (DRT)
The DRT Project, in partnership with Slalom, continues to address key challenges in the design review process. Following the recent visioning workshop, the team has made significant progress, including refining design review criteria, mapping question logic in collaboration with the security team, reviewing and expanding question sets with Enterprise Architecture (EA), and grouping policy-related items for streamlined review. A draft Solution Survey has been distributed to agency contacts, and responses are pending. Looking ahead, the team will continue developing logic for security-related criteria, engage the EA and Oversight teams, and explore integration opportunities with asset management systems. Planning is also underway for an in-person workshop to align on future-state processes.
Cloud Government Network (CGN)
The Cloud Government Network (CGN) continues to progress following the successful establishment of Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and agency connectivity in the lab environment. The production launch of CGN Phase 2 is now underway, including the migration of the first live service — Domain Controllers as a Service (DCaaS). Recent accomplishments include the completion of Azure Sentinel configurations and the successful execution of the final related acceptance test. Updates to the as-built and runbook documentation have also been finalized. On the AWS side, Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) configuration and initial environment testing are 95% complete, with only one final test case for successful logging remaining. Planning for CGN Phase 3 continues to move forward. This phase will focus on enhancements such as internet ingress/egress and cloud-to-cloud connectivity.
Learning Platform Update
We are continuing to partner with the Department of Enterprise Services (DES), Sum Total, and Pluralsight to connect to the state Learning Management System (LMS) which will enable Pluralsight training completion information to flow into our LMS and display on your transcript.
Brokerage Update
Deep dive workshops covering various topics have completed with the Special AG. The team is now drafting solicitation packages that will begin the process of negotiation with Cloud Services Providers.
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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.