RCW 43.105.006
Consolidated technology services agency—Purpose.
To achieve maximum benefit from advances in information technology the state establishes a centralized provider and procurer of certain information technology services as an agency to support the needs of state agencies. This agency shall be known as the consolidated technology services agency. To ensure maximum benefit to the state, state agencies shall rely on the consolidated technology services agency for those services with a business case of broad use, uniformity, scalability, and price sensitivity to aggregation and volume.
To successfully meet agency needs and meet its obligation as the primary service provider for these services, the consolidated technology services agency must offer high quality services at the lowest possible price. It must be able to attract an adaptable and competitive workforce, be authorized to procure services where the business case justifies it, and be accountable to its customers for the efficient and effective delivery of critical business services.
The consolidated technology services agency is established as an agency in state government. The agency is established with clear accountability to the agencies it serves and to the public. This accountability will come through enhanced transparency in the agency's operation and performance. The agency is also established with broad flexibility to adapt its operations and service catalog to address the needs of customer agencies, and to do so in the most cost-effective ways.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 801.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.105 - Consolidated Technology Services Agency.
43.105.006 - Consolidated technology services agency—Purpose.
43.105.025 - Agency created—Appointment of director—Director's duties.
43.105.052 - Powers and duties of agency.
43.105.054 - Governing information technology—Standards and policies—Powers and duties of office.
43.105.057 - Rule-making authority.
43.105.060 - Contracts by state and local agencies with agency.
43.105.111 - Performance targets—Plans for achieving goals—Quarterly reports to governor.
43.105.205 - Office of the state chief information officer—Created—Powers, duties, and functions.
43.105.220 - Strategic information technology plan—Biennial performance reports.
43.105.225 - Managing information technology as a statewide portfolio.
43.105.230 - State agency information technology portfolio—Basis for decisions and plans.
43.105.235 - State agency information technology portfolio—Exemptions.
43.105.240 - Evaluation of agency information technology spending and budget requests.
43.105.245 - Planning, implementation, and evaluation of major projects—Standards and policies.
43.105.255 - Major technology projects and services—Approval.
43.105.285 - Technology services board—Created—Composition.
43.105.287 - Technology services board—Powers and duties.
43.105.331 - State interoperability executive committee—Composition—Responsibilities.
43.105.341 - Information technology portfolios.
43.105.351 - Electronic access to public records—Findings—Intent.
43.105.355 - Electronic access to public records—Costs and fees.
43.105.365 - Accuracy, integrity, and privacy of records and information.
43.105.369 - Office of privacy and data protection.
43.105.375 - Use of state data center or commercial cloud computing services—Exceptions.
43.105.385 - Agency as central service provider for state agencies.
43.105.460 - Office of cybersecurity—Catalog of services and functions—Report.
43.105.470 - Office of cybersecurity—Major cybersecurity incidents—Reporting duties.
43.105.825 - K-20 network—Oversight—Coordination of telecommunications planning.
43.105.904 - Actions of telecommunications oversight and policy committee—Savings—1999 c 285.
43.105.905 - Construction—2008 c 262.