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Commissioners press staff on data access and oversight for .gov migration, cybersecurity grant

Thurston County Board of County Commissioners · March 10, 2026

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Summary

IT staff asked to waive competitive bidding to use grant funds with Worldwide Technologies for a .gov migration; commissioners raised detailed questions about data monitoring, federal access and oversight and asked staff to bring the item back to department review with answers before next-week action.

Thurston County IT Director Sherry Ilk asked the board on March 10 to approve a sole-source contract under an awarded state and local cybersecurity grant to begin phase one of a .gov domain migration with Worldwide Technologies.

Commissioner Emily Klouse questioned the scope of the grant attachments, asking…

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