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Reorganizing Washington State Government

The Washington State Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5931 in the 2011 Legislative Special Session. On June 15, 2011, portions of the bill were approved by Governor Gregoire.

As approved, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5931 eliminates the Department of Information Services, and creates three new agencies: Consolidated Technology Services (CTS), the Department of Enterprise Services, and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Links to these new entities are located below.

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Establish an architecture, standards, and policies for how Washington will conduct IT

Business Functions:

Strategic Planning
Project Oversight
Enterprise Architecture
IT Standards

Department of Enterprise Services

Provide “back office” administrative services

Business Functions:

Technology Acquisitions and Leasing
Access Washington®
Communications
Procurement and Contracts
Printing
Website Services (Design, Usability)
Small Agency Services
Integration Competency Center
And More . . .

Consolidated Technology Services

Provides flexibility in exchange for delivering high quality utility computing services at a lower cost

Business Functions:

State Data Center Operations
Mainframe Computing
Servers
Storage
Disaster Recovery
Network & Telecommunications
IT Security
Email
And More . . .

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