Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Christine Harada as the incoming undersecretary for the Government Operations Agency.
At the California Government Innovation Summit, teams and individuals across state government were recognized for innovative projects that improve operations, customer experience and could even have saved lives.
Industry Insider — California will not publish a newsletter Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The newsletter will resume Wednesday morning.
The days of traditional one-off contracts and transactional relationships are numbered, Government Operations Agency Undersecretary Sarah Soto-Taylor and Office of Data and Innovation Director Jeffery Marino told vendors during a private briefing Wednesday.
El Dorado and Placer counties have openings for high-level IT leadership roles, while the city of San Jose seeks an analyst to help guide its artificial intelligence work.
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