The second hearing on state IT delivery is slated for Thursday and will feature testimony from several high-profile technologists.

The single largest legislative funding request of the cycle so far comes as the massive child welfare IT project gears up to launch version 1 for all 58 counties in October. The agency has detailed what the money would go toward.

The California Department of Transportation is looking for a chief to run its Data and Digital Services Division, while Marin County is looking for a manager to take the lead on its Project Management Office.

Officials in San Jose have set their sights on customer-facing service improvements that will cross the city’s 20 departments. The city is hoping to build in-house expertise and create a “single front door” for constituents.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has once again signed an executive order on artificial intelligence, this time related to mitigating workforce disruptions and other key areas.

California state agencies are moving quickly on digital transformation, but without the right controls, fraud, waste and abuse can scale just as fast. AI and automation can improve efficiency, but they also introduce new risks when oversight and accountability are missing.

H.R. 1 has significantly reshaped the operating environment for health and human services agencies, increasing both oversight and administrative demands across programs like SNAP and Medicaid. The legislation raises the stakes by tightening expectations around payment accuracy — placing SNAP agencies at risk of financial penalties if error rates exceed 6% by 2028 — while also expanding eligibility verification requirements, such as requiring certain Medicaid recipients to undergo recertification twice a year instead of annually.

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