Information technology strategic focus areas & goals

Our latest information technology plan is listed below, in accordance with the Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) Portfolio Foundation Policy MGMT-01 .

Vision

An innovative technology enterprise enabling a safe, sustainable, and integrated multimodal transportation system for Washington travelers.

Mission 

We provide secure, reliable, and cost-effective technology solutions that enable transportation options to improve communities and economic vitality for people and businesses.

IT strategic focus areas

Continuous modernization

Agency goal alignment: Resilience, Workforce Development

• Modernize & lifecycle manage IT/OT hardware, software, data & application services
• Provide premier vendor management, resilient infrastructure, and AI enabled applications and data services

Cybersecurity & data privacy

Agency goal alignment: Resilience

• Advance a security culture
• Promote IT/OT Resilience
• Enable a posture that increases security & reduces risk
•  Respond to and recover from cyber incidents

Leadership

Agency goal alignment: Resilience, Workforce Development

• Promote a diverse, equitable, inclusive & innovative, customer service-focused team
• Recognize and support one another
• Provide opportunities for learning and professional development

Governance

​Agency goal alignment: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Administer the Enterprise Technology Board & five unique sub-governance portfolios
• Ensure active business oversight of all IT, OT & Design-Build systems

Project management

Agency goal alignment:  Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion/Resilience

• Promote and use project & lean principals throughout the division
• Provide project management professional staff, support, and services for all agency IT/OT initiatives