TJPA has awarded a cybersecurity contract for three years. TJPA is a group of transportation entities, including Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, Caltrans and the California High Speed Rail Authority, that are overseeing the creation of a transit center in San Francisco that would centralize public commutes all the way to Los Angeles.
CalEPA Agency Information Officer Sergio Gutierrez talks about collaboration with state government departments and about what IT procurements may be on the horizon.
California's State Water Resources Control Board wants to engage the public in data-driven decisions and possibly use the data for machine learning processes later.
California’s libraries are working to close the digital divide and increase digital and data literacy. One way the libraries are doing that is by training librarians to train community members.
As the chief information officer of the California Highway Patrol, Chief Scott Howland is in charge of planning and implementing technology to improve the effectiveness of all CHP staff. He also finds funding for those needs — all while writing tickets and ensuring highway safety.
As Chief Information Officer and Agency Information Officer for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Russ Nichols supervises technology across over 30 prisons, encompassing about 130,000 inmates. He was among the winners of a CIO of the Year Award for 2017-18 from the California Public Sector CIO Academy.
As the state government has been working to streamline business processes, replacing the budgeting system used in every department and consolidating job titles, it has also been working to streamline those changes.
The CIO Academy's Hall of Fame 2018 inductee, Carlos Ramos, served as California's state CIO for five years. Ramos has since retired from state service and is working to help bring innovative solutions to the public sector. Techwire asked him about what he's doing and what he has planned.
The president of AT&T California tells state lawmakers that his company will meet the challenges of implementing FirstNet partially through the use of subcontractors and interoperability.
Wednesday’s legislative hearing, “Ready or Not: Emergency Communications Networks in the Face of Wildfires, Mudslides, and Public Safety,” presented information on FirstNet, highlighted successful technology communication and discussed challenges still to come.
For those outside the IT world, technology procurement can be confusing, making it harder for those in charge of purchasing and management to justify how things are being done.
FI$Cal, the department in charge of combining all of California's governing bodies and agencies into one financial system and creating transparency around the state's budget, is creating a transparency website.
During last week's two-day California CIO Academy, Techwire conducted brief video interviews with IT leaders in state government. The interviews were led by Steve Towns, e.Republic's deputy chief content officer. Today's interview features Carla Simmons, CIO for the Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
