OCIO submits reports to legislative fiscal committees

The state Office of the Chief Information Officer has submitted two reports to the state Legislature, as required by the 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget:

• Additional Information Technology (IT) Projects Subject to 701 IT Oversight, January 1, 2020, through June 20, 2020: The report found that during the past six months the OCIO, in consultation with the Office of Financial Management, identified no additional projects to be subjected to Section 701 of 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget.

• IT Projects under OCIO Oversight Suspended or Terminated, January 1, 2020, through June 20, 2020: During the past six months, three information technology (IT) projects subject to 701 of the 2020 Supplemental Operating Budget were terminated due to a combination of project resources being redirected to COVID-19 efforts, agency budget reductions and new legislation removing the project from oversight or significantly changing the project scope. In addition, one non-IT Investment Pool project was suspended due to project resources being redirected to COVID-19 response efforts, and one non-IT Investment Pool project was terminated in light of higher agency priorities and increasing project budget, schedule and work efforts as well as increasing project risk.

For more information, please contact Nicole Simpkinson, Assistant Director, OCIO, at 360-407-8735 or via email at Nicole.Simpkinson@ocio.wa.gov