To facilitate communication and gain alignment between IT, Finance and Business areas we recognized a common language or taxonomy was needed. The program initially used a "custom" taxonomy to identify pools of cost and technologies which resulted in everyone speaking a common language however led to missed opportunities in executive level reporting. To close the gap on the reporting, the program moved to industry standard TBM Taxonomy that's governed and maintained by the TBM Council Board Committee on Standards.
NOTICE: As of June 6, 2024, WaTech has formally adopted its name change, eliminating CTS and OCIO.
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.