While there is some flexibility in how departments spend their budgets, here are the funds at least partially specified for information technology use in the revision. All of these funds would be spent during FY 2018-19.
Artificial intelligence has become a mainstream topic over the last few years, with Alexa Echoes in homes and Google Assistants able to hold conversations, but one California legislator wants to open up a legislative discussion around it.
The California Department of Technology's vendor forum Wednesday focused on working more closely with stakeholders, including state agencies and county governments. It also answered what could have been an awkward question — one that many in IT have been asking.
The California Independent System Operator takes part in the energy imbalance market, a real-time trading market that allows power to be moved from grid to grid depending on need and surplus.
Mark Greninger, the Chief Data Officer for Los Angeles County, talks exclusively with Techwire about the current uses — and, for vendors, future opportunities — of Geographic Information Systems technology.
The state is preparing to spend tens of millions of dollars on security for the mid-term elections, including money from the federal government. Some vendors' products have been certified; others are being vetted.
