Reform implication · 3 cases

IT project oversight

Distinct from broader IT-modernization governance: this targets project-level oversight, requiring external technical review at fixed cost-overrun and schedule-slip thresholds for any IT project above a dollar threshold.

  1. KC-2026-016 · Jun 10, 2025 · Documented
    | Item | Public? | |---|---| | That an audit happened | Yes | | Period covered | Not stated | | Agencies audited (beyond KCIT) | No | | Specific vulnerabilities | No | | Recommendation count | No | | Recommendation content | No | | County…
    Structural failureStatutory noncompliance
  2. WA-2025-LNI-IT · Apr 14, 2025 · Reported · $31M
    The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) launched a project in 2015 to modernize its workers' compensation computer system. As of April 2025, the agency had spent approximately $31 million over a decade with nothing delivered.
    Structural failure
  3. WA-2025-ST-WSL · Sep 30, 2024 · Documented · $5.30B
    When voters approved Sound Transit's third mass-transit package (ST3) in 2016, the West Seattle Link Extension was projected to cost approximately $2.7 billion. The estimate grew steadily through 2024 and 2025.
    Structural failure