California’s Department of Technology is modifying its services strategy, including cloud policy, security operations, the Office of Digital Innovation and the state’s data centers.
Barbara Garrett, deputy director of the Statewide Telecommunications and Network Division for the Office of Technology Services, is retiring at the end of May.
The Information Technology Leadership Academy’s 24th class presented its class project Friday at the California Lottery building. The ITLA is a program under the Government Operations Agency for state information technology professionals to develop leadership skills.
In November, California voters approved of the recreational use of cannabis beginning January 2018. As multiple agencies work together to create and regulate the cannabis marketplace, lawmakers are also working to stand up a framework.
Local governments in California are looking for more agile ways to handle the procurement process. Techwire is tracking these four contracts this week.
The multi-year contract will migrate the state’s current emergency response systems to an Emergency Services IP network that is shared by all first responders and public safety agencies.
DataSF, San Francisco’s open data dashboard and blog about civic technology, is searching for a Neighborhood Services Engineer to build on the site’s mission of using data to improve residents’ lives.
The California Senate Appropriations Committee heard testimony on Monday about SB 649, the Wireless Telecommunications Facilities bill, before placing the legislation in the suspense file.
Local governments are returning from spring recess and many have already released proposed budgets. Here are some expenditures to know from the first three weeks of May.
As legislators review the proposed state budget, the State Treasurer’s Office has made funding requests for the technology needs of different agencies.
The city of Roseville’s IT Department has a new building and now a new mandate to extend beyond legacy replacement and tech modernization. Techwire sat down with Roseville CIO Hong Sae to discuss procurement and resident services. Hong has been with the city for almost seven years. Hong discussed how the city funded the new IT building, plans for the next year and previous success.
Roseville’s IT Department presented its strategic plan and budget Wednesday night. The department plans on spending about $44,971,000 on five different categories of projects.
Legislators joined IT professionals in Sacramento on Wednesday for a panel discussion on the condition of California's tech job market and how the state's government can help.
Many local governments are returning from recess this week. Here is your weekly notice of contracts to watch. We've also included some pre-RFP plans and projects we’re following.
Bryan Sastokas has been called a risk-taker many times in his career. It seems to be paying off, as the Director of Technology and Innovation for the city of Long Beach won the individual Champion of Technology award from the California State Fair for 2017.
As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes more pervasive in everyday life, more industrial systems are connected, which creates risk to the operational technology involved in running those systems. It was a hot topic at a Sacramento-area event Thursday that discussed security issues surrounding “supervisory control and data acquisition” (SCADA) systems and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
A program called Connected Corridors wants to use technology to solve California’s traffic problems. It’s one of the first wide-scale, Caltrans-led attempts at using data, software and traffic patterns to alleviate congestion through travel corridors.
Sacramento County has released its five-year Technology Improvement Plan, which consists of about $55 million in spending spread over multiple projects. We summarize the main points.
California has many people who are underserved when it comes to broadband, according to the authors of a bill (AB 1665) that would use California Advanced Services Fund money to deliver broadband to the large swaths of the state that do not have access to reliable Internet service. Many rural communities have limited access, and 14 percent of residents only access the Internet using a smartphone.
California Broadband Council members met in downtown Sacramento last week to discuss the state’s Internet needs and potential solutions. The meeting was led by California CIO Amy Tong, the council's chair.
LA Hacks offers college students everything they need to work very hard for a short period of time on a coding project. Founded in 2013 by UCLA students, the hackathon is meant to encourage students who are newly interested in coding and to connect students with vendors who eventually could hire them. And many sponsor companies do end up hiring participants.
A panel discussion hosted by the University of California’s Institute of Transportation Studies in Sacramento on Tuesday discussed how data and the Internet of Things could change vehicle traffic.
