A recent study from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse states that mobile apps designed to monitor health and fitness may have significant problems with ensuring privacy for the users.
Government Technology recently launched an updated version of its online publication that covers technology in state and local government across the nation. (Govtech.com also regularly features Techwire.net coverage of the California IT public sector community.)
California’s nearly 2 million veterans will be able to have a personalized online experience once the state implements a project to modernize the web portal directing them to government-provided services. The California Department of Veterans’ Affairs (CalVet) is currently working to launch the first phase of CalVet Connect that will bring the department’s digital presence into the 21st century.
In the next few days, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will officially close down its 5,000 square foot computer room as part of the effort to comply with a statewide IT consolidation initiative mandated by AB 2408 (Chapter 404, 2010). CDCR started with 70 racks and 650 servers, now there are only 7 racks.
After the LAO (Legislative Analysts Office) raised concerns about the ECOS project for being over budget and behind schedule, the effort to update the online system that processes state job applications will receive a boost of $821,000 in next year’s budget to get the project moving forward, according to Pat McConahay, spokesperson for the Department of Human Resources. The executive branch will also be required to send quarterly reports to the legislature.
San Francisco mobile app start-up company Appallicious has released an app called Neighborhood Score, in which every neighborhood in San Francisco is rated using open access data and the information displayed in a heat map.
On July 1, the California Technology Agency (CTA) will change its name to the California Department of Technology. Besides a new approach on the procurement of major IT projects and the swapping of a couple of divisions related to last year’s legislative session, there will be few changes, CTA Secretary Carlos Ramos said on Thursday. The agency’s mission, authority and office locations will all be the same.
Lloyd Levine has joined Techwire as a contributor to its website and printed magazine. The former legislator who championed technology-related measures in the State Capitol is currently the president of Filament Strategies, LLC., a California political and policy consulting company.
Gregory Franklin, the assistant secretary of health information technology in the California Technology Agency, will be retiring from state service in September, Techwire.net has confirmed.
With key deadlines passed and a budget deal in the final stages, the legislature is in full swing, taking action on a number of technology-related measures. At this point, measures that have not made it out of their house of origin are essentially dead. Here are some of the bills we are tracking:
At the 2013 California Stakeholder Health Information Exchange Summit last month in Sacramento, panelists discussed the new programs and networks that health information exchange (HIE) leaders have been working to set up throughout the state.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced this week that the California Department of Justice is developing a new data sharing platform for federal, state, regional and local agencies to access, analyze, and share criminal justice information.
Though broadband Internet adoption has increased throughout California in the past decade, certain communities have still lagged behind: low-income, Latino, and rural households in particular.
The California Technology Agency (CTA) announced on Monday that state agencies under the governor’s authority looking to buy smartphones will need its approval.
California’s initiative process which allows the state’s voters to approve new measures into law may become more accessible to any registered voter with an Internet connection, if Assembly Bill 1117 is approved in the more traditional way under the dome at the State Capitol.
An immediate assessment of what went wrong with the MyCalPAYS project would be more beneficial in the long-term than delaying the assessment in favor of legal proceedings, according to a recommendation this week from the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO).
To help restore information and technology systems in the event of a city emergency, San Francisco is considering switching from a private data center located 3,000 miles away to a state-run facility located 100 miles away, according to a report by Budget Analyst Harvey Rose.
A high-profile group called the “Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success” announced by the State Controller’s Office (SCO) earlier this year may soon have recommendations on how to update the state’s practices related to the use of technology, State Controller John Chiang said yesterday. Chiang’s office has been working with the Governor’s office and California Technology Agency to ensure the state’s IT systems are not stuck in the 1960s and 70s, but instead “up to date and ahead of the curve.”
The Examination and Certification Online System (ECOS) IT project should require quarterly reports to the Legislature due to its extended timeline and increased cost, the Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) recommended on Monday.
Gigi Smith, 48, of Roseville, has been appointed chief information officer at the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Governor Jerry Brown announced today.
Washington D.C. based non-profit organization Connect2Compete is partnering with the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and the Youth Policy Institute (YPI) to increase broadband adoption and digital literacy in California, the three organizations jointly announced today.
A measure mandating state websites to include a hyperlink to the state’s online voter registration system has passed out of it’s first policy committee, making its way through the legislative process.
CalPERS IT executive Karen Ruiz has been appointed project manager of the CalHEERS project, according to an announcement made today by Peter V. Lee, executive director of the California Health Benefit Exchange, also known as Covered California. The announcement was made during the organization’s monthly board meeting. Ruiz, whose first day will be May 1, currently serves as project director for the CalPERS Pension System Resumption (PSR).
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has named Larry Wasson as the new chief information officer, a spokesperson for the department confirmed.
The CalJOBS website for both job seekers and employers in California has been redesigned, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) announced this week.
