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Dennis Noone

Executive Editor, Industry Insider

Dennis Noone is the former Executive Editor of Industry Insider. Before retiring in June 2025, he was a career journalist, having worked at newspapers across the nation. He can be found on LinkedIn.

  • News
    Social Services CIO's Priorities: Respect, Adapt, Innovate
    Brian Wong, a veteran of state service who’s now a deputy director/CIO, offers his take on his mission, his priorities and his preferences in an exclusive interview with Techwire.
    March 12, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Caltrans Hiring to Include IT Positions
    With Caltrans looking at billions of dollars in state revenue in the coming decade, the transportation department is hiring — and that includes IT.
    Insider
    March 11, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    State Seeking to Fill Key IT Positions
    A handful of career-level positions — including Deputy Director — are open in state government, including a Deputy Director position in the Office of Systems Integration project within California Health and Human Services’ Child Welfare Digital Services.
    Insider
    March 08, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Governance: Guidance for and from State IT Leaders
    The three-tiered governance principle for state IT — the project level, the program level, and the enterprise level — is essential for success, says the state Franchise Tax Board's chief technologist. “You need governance at all three levels for success."
    Insider
    March 07, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Strategic Plans: 'Need Buy-in at Every Level'
    Attention, vendors: CIOs can’t stand it when you’re not familiar with their departments’ strategic plans. Becoming familiar with an agency's priorities can help you do business.
    Insider
    March 04, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    IT Chiefs: Mission, Not Details, Should Drive Governance
    When IT leaders from some of the state’s biggest agencies get together to discuss “enterprise governance,” prepare for the shattering of some long-held myths about the roles of technology, policy and philosophy in government.
    Insider
    March 01, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    AIO on Mentoring: 'Include Them in Your Journey'
    Understanding personality types and being a generous professional mentor can influence one’s career, help or hinder one’s relationships, and affect one’s approach not only in business but in life. That was the message of a seminar Tuesday led by George Okamoto, agency chief information officer for the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. The workshop was part of the California Public Sector CIO Academy.
    Insider
    February 28, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Legacy vs. Modern: A Delicate Balance for CIOs
    Driving tech innovation in state government while keeping legacy systems operating through the transition is a tightrope, and that balancing act can be particularly vexing for CIOs.
    February 27, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Taborda Announces New EVP, Owner
    An IT business veteran has joined Taborda Solutions as an owner and executive vice president.
    Insider
    February 26, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Earthquake Tech: Finding Fault Is Only the Beginning
    Experts from government, academia and industry gathered last week in Sacramento to discuss technology’s role in reducing residential damage caused by earthquakes.
    February 26, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Anti-Fraud Firm Seeks Data Scientists, IT Experts, Sales Execs
    Pondera Solutions, the Gold River-based firm specializing in preventing, detecting and resolving government waste, fraud and abuse, is adding to its IT, data science and sales teams.
    Insider
    February 25, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    CalPERS Veteran is Agency's New CIO
    The California Public Employees Retirement System has a new CIO.
    Insider
    February 20, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    CIO: 'We’re Talking About a Sub-$100 Solution!'
    Computer science students are helping California's largest county government save time and trees through the use of affordable technology.
    February 20, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
  • News
    Applications Closed for CIO Position
    The CIO position in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration remains vacant, but the application period has closed.
    Insider
    February 19, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Emerging Tech Fund Adds 6 to Board
    The California Emerging Technology Fund, a nonprofit that advocates for expansion of broadband as a means of closing the “digital divide,” has added six new seats to its board of directors, bringing the total to 14 board members plus the president.
    February 15, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Brown's Proposed Budget Ripe with IT Opportunities
    With more than $200 million related to technology in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, the market is ripe for vendors of hardware, software, services and telecom. Following Tuesday’s budget  briefing by e.Republic Vice President of Research Joe Morris, Techwire takes a closer look at some of the biggest budget areas and what opportunities are on the horizon.
    Insider
    February 13, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    DGS Honors 10 With Value Awards
    The state Department of General Services has honored 10 employees for exemplifying the department's values, and each was honored with a plaque and a short video.
    February 06, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Pondera Adds Veteran IT Exec to Board
    Pondera Solutions announces the addition of a second independent board member, veteran IT executive Mike Borman. Pondera founder and CEO Jon Coss says Borman's experience will propel Pondera's growth in its niche — delivering solutions targeting waste, fraud and abuse in government contracting.
    February 06, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    CDT Annual Report Hits Familiar Themes
    “One digital government securely delivered by a dynamic workforce.” That theme is prominently featured in the California Department of Technology’s newly published 2017 annual report — and it’s a familiar one to those who follow CDT’s public messaging at various tech and vendor forums.
    Insider
    January 31, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    CDCR Names Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer for Enterprise Operations
    The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation named CalPERS Controller Kristin Montgomery to the position of deputy director/chief operations officer over Enterprise Information Services’ (EIS) Operations and Support — one of two deputy directors appointed this week by Russ Nichols, CDCR’s director of EIS.
    Insider
    January 30, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Brown Reappoints State Watchdog Howle
    State Auditor Elaine Howle, the nationally recognized chief of the California Bureau of State Audits, has been reappointed to another term by Gov. Jerry Brown.
    Insider
    January 29, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    CDCR Names CTO/Deputy Director for Enterprise
    The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has named Donald Page to the position of Deputy Director/Chief Technology Officer over Enterprise Technology Services.
    Insider
    January 28, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
  • News
    Deadline Extended for IDAM Responses
    The deadline has been extended until next Friday for vendors to submit questions to a state agency about an RFI pertaining to identity and access management solutions.
    Insider
    January 26, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    UC, CSU Begin Sharing Procurement
    The University of California and California State University systems have teamed up on a shared procurement system, known as CalUsource, that’s designed to streamline the procurement process and save money. The new process, which went live last month, “may be the largest effort of its kind in higher education and possibly any industry,” UC says.
    Insider
    January 24, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    AI on Tomorrow's Agenda for Hoover Commission
    Artificial intelligence is the topic Thursday at a Capitol meeting of California’s Little Hoover Commission. Board members will hear experts address four key areas related to AI and state government.
    Insider
    January 24, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Auditor: State IT Oversight Poses Risk
    The California State Auditor has a new report addressing the topic of nine “high-risk issues” in state government, and IT oversight is one of them.
    Insider
    January 22, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Vendors: Friday is Deadline for Questions
    Vendors who are interested, or even curious, about becoming part of the state’s Pre-Qualified Vendor Pool for Agile Development/Digital Services have until 2 p.m. Friday to ask questions about qualifying through the California Department of Technology.
    Insider
    January 21, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    Deadline Is Today for Questions on RFI
    Today is the deadline to submit questions for clarification about an RFI that was issued last week by the California Health and Human Services Agency's Office of Systems Integration, pertaining to identity and access management solutions. The deadline for responses to the RFI is next Friday, Jan. 26.
    Insider
    January 18, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
  • News
    Deadlines Loom for CIO Applicants
    Four IT executive positions remain open in California state government — and application deadlines are looming, with one deadline today and one Friday.
    Insider
    January 17, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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    People on the Move: New Pondera VP
    Pondera Solutions, an award-winning Sacramento tech firm, names a vice president of sales who has a long track record of success in the sector.
    January 15, 2018
     · Dennis Noone
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